Small Plane Crashes in Rural Area of Colombia, Killing 15 People Including Congressman

Funeral hearses carrying the bodies of the 15 passengers dead in a plane crash operated by Satena, Colombia's state-owned airline, arrive at La Playa de Belen municipality, Norte de Santander department, Colombia, on Jan. 28, 2026. Schneyder Mendoza/AFP via Getty Images

BOGOTA, Colombia—A small plane crashed Wednesday in a rural area of Norte de Santander province in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people on board including a member of congress, authorities said.

Satena, the state-owned airline that operated the flight, said local officials in the community of Curasica notified authorities about where the plane had gone down and a rescue team was deployed to “assess the condition of the passengers.”