"Canadian registered" 212 missing in Colombia.
This story was just released a short time ago. Doesn't carry much detail at the moment. Anybody have any more information? I haven't found any reference in the Colombian press. Hopes and prayers with the families and colleagues of this crew.
Colombian rescuers search for chopper carrying Canadians and Frenchman
Sat Apr 27, 2:50 PM ET
BOGOTA, Colombia - Rescuers on Saturday were searching for a helicopter that disappeared in Colombia carrying two Canadians and a Frenchman, authorities said.
The Bell 212 aircraft was last heard from on April 19 after stopping at the airport in Cali, Colombia's third-largest city. It disappeared over a mountainous region in southern Colombia, said Armando Rivera, a spokesman for the country's civil aviation.
The Canadian-registered helicopter, which was flying from Panama to Ecuador, was reported missing last week. However, the report wasn't made public until Friday.
The identities of the passengers weren't known.
Officials at the Canadian and French embassies in Bogota, the capital, were not available for comment on Saturday because their offices were closed.
Rescue workers have been searching for wreckage in the jungles of Cauca and Narino provinces, but have found nothing. The zone is filled with rebel and rival paramilitary gunmen fighting in Colombia's long-running civil conflict.