Flames and thick black smoke rise from an Air Force Hercules that crashed during takeoff in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, near the southern border with Ecuador

Flames and thick black smoke rise from an Air Force Hercules that crashed during takeoff in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, near the southern border with Ecuador

 daniel ortiz

A military transport plane crashed Monday when taking off in Colombia, officials said, with at least 80 people aboard though there were conflicting reports about how many troops were dead and injured.

As many as 50 people may have survived when the Hercules aircraft went down shortly after departure from Puerto Leguizamo, near the southern border with Ecuador, a military source said.

Originally published on doc.afp.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

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