A trip that went to the nightmare. Five people remained blocked for 36 hours in Caymans infested
All passengers on board, three women, a child and the pilot, left unharmed, found by emergency services on the plane that lit the wings.
“Everyone is fine, they were transported to a medical center,” said the pilot’s mother against journalists.
“All authorities have mobilized to find these missing persons and save these lives that now receive the necessary attention,” said Ruben Torres, director of the Medial Department of the department of Beni.
The plane had taken off on Wednesday from the town of Baures, in the direction of the city of Trinidad, both located in this area of the country, already 180 kilometers away. Since then, they had been missing.
We were “surrounded by Caymans who approached us,” Andrés Velarde, 29 -year -old pilot, from his hospital bed to the press. They also saw a curious, an anaconda several meters long.
Cassava flour to survive
The pilot explained that when the plane began to lose altitude, without any reason, he looked for a plain to perform an emergency landing and found only one swamp near a lagoon.
“We spent almost 36 hours without being able to sleep,” added Andrés Velarde, managed to survive feeding on cassava flour that one of the passengers had brought. “We couldn’t drink water or move due to the caimanes,” he said.
In the department of Beni, in the heart of the Amazon, the trip is mainly by plane due to the bad road condition.
Source: BFM TV
