The authorities found the aircraft in the rural area of La Playa de Belén after several hours of searching.
Colombia News.
The uncertainty ended in tragedy. On this Wednesday afternoon January 28 The state airline aircraft was found Satena who had disappeared hours before while covering the regional route Cúcuta–Ocañain the northeast of the country. According to the authorities, The 15 occupants of the plane would have died in the accident.
According to the Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aeronautics, the aircraft took off at 11:42 in the morning with 13 passengers and two crew on board, and was scheduled to land in the Aguas Claras de Ocaña airport around the 12:05 p.m. However, the flight lost communication with air traffic control at 11:54 amwithout contact being established again.
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Satena airline plane disappeared from the radar between the municipalities of La Playa de Belén and Hacari. It was due to land in Ocaña around 12:10 noon. Nothing is known about his whereabouts pic.twitter.com/WvIntw3DUz— Dolly Xiomara Niño (@DOLLYXIOMARA) January 28, 2026
The radars located the last signal of the plane in an area between the municipalities of Hacari and Belén Beachin the heart of the region Catatumboa mountainous area with difficult access. After the alert, the authorities immediately activated the search and rescue protocols.
Towards 4:00 in the afternoonthe Unified Command Post confirmed the discovery of the aircraft in the sector of Curasica, rural area of La Playa de Belén, within a reserve property. The first verifications at the site indicated that there would be no survivors.
Identity of the people who were on board
As the verification work progressed, the names of the passengers traveling on board the aircraft became known: Natalia Cristina Acosta Salcedo, María Torcoroma Álvarez Barbosa, Alejandra Avendaño Rincón, María del Carmen Díaz Rodríguez, Anirley Julio Osorio, Karen Liliana Parales Vera, Rolando Enrique Peñalosa Gualdrón, Diógenes Quintero, Anayisel Quintero, Gineth Rincón and María Alejandra Sánchez Tirado.
Also the former councilor of Ocaña, Juan David Pacheco Mejíaand of Representative to the Chamber, Carlos Salcedowho was traveling on this flight.
The authorities reiterated that The causes of the accident are the subject of investigationwhile specialized teams from the Civil Aeronautics and relief organizations continue in the area with the work of recovering the bodies and technical analysis of the accident, despite the complex terrain conditions.
