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19:18, Wed, Jan 28, 2026 Updated: 19:35, Wed, Jan 28, 2026

A Satena aircraft

(file picture) A Satena airline aircraft has reportedly been missing for hours (Image: Getty)

A Satena airline aircraft appears to have gone missing in the North Santander area, Colombian media reports. Air traffic control lost communication with the aircraft at approximately 12pm local time (5pm GMT), it is reported. The small aircraft was scheduled to land at 12.10pm local time at Aguas Claras Airport in Ocaña, the second-largest populated area in the North Santander department. 

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Alarm was raised over the small aircraft, which is believed to have the capacity of carrying 19 passengers, after it failed to reach its destination. The last location recorded by radar places the aircraft in an area between the municipalities of Hacarí and La Playa de Belén, in the Catatumbo region, El Heraldo reports. 

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