00:00A plane crash in northeastern Colombia on Wednesday.
00:05It killed all 15 people on board, including a local lawmaker.
00:10America-operated aircraft lost contact with air traffic control about 12 minutes after
00:15taking off from Cucuta on a short domestic flight to Okanya.
00:20President Oscar Zuluaga confirmed that all 13 passengers and two crew members were killed.
00:25Civil Aeronautics Technical Director of Accident Investigation Alvaro
00:30Bello said authorities are gathering evidence to determine the cause of the crash.
00:35Estamos en el proceso de recopilación de evidencias y datos para hacer un análisis y...
00:40...y poder identificar factores contribuyentes o tener evidencias factuales.
00:45...para poder desarrollar una línea de investigación con respecto a la aeronave.
00:50...a la operación, a las condiciones meteorológicas que en este caso...
00:55...tenemos identificadas unas condiciones meteorológicas adversas permanentes en el sitio...
01:00...del impacto.
01:02Among those on board were lawmaker Diogenes Quint...
01:05...of Jeltero as well as Carlos Salcedo, a congressional candidate.
01:10ahead of March's elections, according to a passenger manifest released by the airline.
01:15Search and recovery operations are underway in the mountainous crash area, and a
01:19hot
01:20line has been set up for relatives of the victims. The aircraft had been scheduled to land at
01:2512.10pm local time.
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