Miracle as four children missing in Amazon found alive 40 days after plane crash killed three - including mother and pilot
The children - aged 13, nine, four, and 11 months - were discovered after 40 days in the rainforest by members of Colombia's military after an intensive search.
The family's plane came down during the early hours of May 1, with a trail of half eaten fruit leading from the wreckage hinting that the children were still alive. The children had been the focus of intense search efforts by Columbia's military since the plane carrying them came down during the early hours of May 1.The children were evacuated from the rainforest by the military after being found and are now receiving medical attention, according to Colombia's President Gustavo Petro.
The siblings are said to be malnourished and insect bitten but otherwise healthy following their rescue. Touching down in Columbia on Saturday morning, their discovery followed a false alarm last month, after the president mistakenly said they were safe - only to retract his statement.
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