2026 Colombian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash

When

23 Mar 2026

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

0.18° S, 74.79° W

Description

plane crash in Colombia

Deaths

70

Injured

56

Aviation accident in Colombia

On 23 March 2026, a Colombian Aerospace Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashed into dense jungle while taking off from Caucayá Airport in Puerto Leguízamo en route to Tres de Mayo Airport in Puerto Asís, both located in Colombia's Putumayo department near the border with Peru and Ecuador. There were 126 people on board, of whom 69 were killed, and 57 survived with injuries.

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• Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A Lockheed C-130 of the Colombian Aerospace Force crashes near Puerto Leguízamo, Colombia, killing 69 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В Колумбии разбился самолёт Lockheed C-130 Hercules, погибли 70 человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Puerto Leguízamo, (Colombia) se produce un accidente aéreo de un avión Hércules de la FAC a los pocos minutos de despegar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “مقتل 70 شخصًا في حادث تحطم طائرة لوكهيد سي-130 هركليز تابعة للقوات الجوية الكولومبية في مقاطعة بوتومايو جنوب البلاد”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page