This post was originally published on this site.
A military transport plane with 128 people on board, mostly soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, killing at least 66 people and leaving dozens injured, the head of Colombia’s armed forces said.

![At least 66 killed in military plane crash in Colombia, head of armed forces says [aggregator] downloaded image for imported item #39057](https://news7f.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/wp-content2Fuploads2Fsites2F22F20262F032F2026-least-eight-people-died-124276970-1024x683.jpg)