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Colombia
Video: 130 survive plane wreck
One person killed as Colombian airliner falls apart landing on island.
OVER 100 PEOPLE ESCAPED death when their passenger plane came apart when landing on the island of San Andres.
One person was killed when the plane split apart after being struck by lightning as it made its landing. There were 131 people on board.
The plane had departed from Bogota, Colombia, just after midnight local time, and the crash occurred just under two hours later.
This footage shows the extent of damage to the plane:
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