BREAKING Aerosucre Boeing 727 #HK4544 has crashed in Puerto Carreño, Colombia with 6 people on board

A cargo plane belonging to Colombian airliner Aerosucre crashed Tuesday, leaving four dead, one wounded and one missing. At least four people are dead and another person injured after an Aerosucre cargo plane crashed Tuesday in Puerto Carreño, Colombia.

The Boeing 727-200 (registration HK4544) crashed shortly after takeoff from the German Olano airport, close to the Venezuelan border.

Six people were on board the flight from Puerto Carreño which took off 5.15 pm local time before crashing 5 miles from the airport in an area known as Las Granjas.

“We report that two people have been rescued alive, sadly one died in hospital, three more people died at the scene, bringing the total to four and one disappeared,” said Cesar Urueña, director of national aid of Colombian Red Cross.