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Colombia

Colombian plane crashes

ONE PERSON HAS DIED after a Colombian passenger plane crashed on the island of San Andres. The plane was struck by lightening and split into at least two parts while landing. There were 131 people on board the plane, which had departed from Bogota just after midnight local time. The crash occurred just under two hours later.