The small plane that crashed in the Colombian Amazon this spring, killing three adults and leaving four young children to survive 40 days alone in the jungle, had suffered another accident less than two years earlier, records show.
In July 2021, the six-seat, single-propeller Cessna 206, tail number HK 2803, was 10 minutes into a flight as an air ambulance from the Indigenous community of Sonaña when the pilot warned passengers of a strong smell of burning oil.
HK 2803, which is owned and operated by Avianline Charters of Villavicencio, Colombia, was repaired using parts imported from the United States, according to Avianline owner Freddy Ladino. It began flying again this year as an air taxi.Ladino said the aircraft, which can sell for more than $1 million new, had proved itself. “The plane had two months flying and 130 hours,” he told The Washington Post in a WhatsApp message. “So, any anomaly from the previous incident is discarded.
Former Avianline pilot José Miguel Calderón, a friend of the pilot who was killed in the May crash, described the challenges of flying in the region: “We fly every day, all day long, up to six flight hours daily.” Calderón said pilot Hernán Murcia could have declined the flight. But turning down flight hours means losing money.In some cases, Calderón said, pilots cannot afford to say no. It was not Murcia’s turn to fly the Cessna 206 on May 1.
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