(CNN Spanish) — One person died on Saturday after a crash involving two aircraft during a training mission at Air Combat Command No. 2, located in Apiay, in the department of Meta, reported in a declaration the Colombian Air Force.
“As a result of this unfortunate incident, Lieutenant Colonel Mario Andrés Espinosa González died,” the statement explains.
“An inspection commission has been sent to the scene, in order to advance the investigations to determine the causes of the accident,” added the Colombian Air Force.
Earlier, the Colombian Air Force reported a message on Twitter investigating an “accident at Apiay Air Base, Meta involving two T-27 Tucano trainer aircraft.”
With information from Adrián Fernández and Fernando Ramos
