The Story Of Four Children's Rescues Trapped In 40 Days In Amazon Forest

The SAR team evacuated four survivors on the 40th day after the plane crash in the Amazon Forest. (Cibal Presidential Office)

JAKARTA - No one wants to be trapped in the middle of the Amazon Forest. Anyone who is accidentally trapped there will not survive. However, the commemoration did not apply to four Colombian boys: Lesly Jacobo Bonbaire (13 years), Solecni Ranoque Mucutuy (Nine years), Tien Noriel Ronoque Mucutuy (four years), and Christian Neryman Ranoque (one year).

The four of them were able to escape the disaster. The plane that was boarded crashed and they were able to survive in the Amazon jungle for 40 days.

Living as a pioneering flight pilot is a risky job. HeNTO Murcia admits it. However, his experience makes him accustomed. He even used to flying connects one region on Amazon to another.

He also wants to take a big risk to the most risky area, as long as his company is under, Avianline Charters approves. Murcia was tasked with flying the Cessna plane to the Araracuara region.

He initially got a mission to pick up members of a multi-national company. However, the military instructed Murcia to transport the traditional elders, Herman Mendoza and a family of the Huitoto tribe.

They are Magdalena and her four children, Lesly, Solecni, Tien, and Christian. Their lives are threatened because they are targeted by rebel groups. The plane that Murcia and the family of the Huitoto tribe were traveling on took off at morning.

The process of taking off went well. Those on board Cessna had no feeling whatsoever. Magdalena and her children also wanted to get to the San hot del Guaviare soon. However, problems arise when they are above the Caqueta area.

The plane engine they were traveling in suddenly died. Murcia tried not to panic. He tried to implement the action according to his path. He sent a message to my brother. He asked to make an emergency landing in the river.

The fate of no one knows. The message is in fact the latest news from Murcia and the family of the Huitoto tribe. The news soon became hot news in Colombia. The general assembly wants the government to immediately move to evacuate. Thank God the victims were able to all survived.

When a plane crashes in Colombia, the responsibility to find it is usually in the hands of the Civil Aviation Authority, which will regulate rescue teams by the military and air force. However, the vast and unique areas of Amazon make it initially considered too risky to send someone on foot.

Only the air force was deployed, and they sent reconnaissance aircraft into the forest near Cachiporro, in the hope of finding any debris or possible survivors. Meanwhile, Freddy Ladino, founder of Avianline Charters, sent several other aircraft to conduct search efforts. However, neither Avianline nor the air force saw any signs of an accident: no debris, no smoke, no lines were seen through the rainforest canopy, "said William Ralston in his article on The Guardian entitled Forty Days Lost in the Rainforest: Colombia's Miracle Rescue(2024).

The government also moved to carry out rescue missions. The SAR team was dispatched. The military did not forget to be involved. Like it or not, the government also relies on hundreds of volunteers from the local community group.

Problems arise. The large number of groups that intervene actually hinders the search. Mistakes often occur. Take for example when the military group finds the remains of the furnace. The findings were allegedly made by the victims, but after being traced, they were used as volunteer elements.

The search for victims began to produce results on May 15, 2023. The SAR team personnel managed to carve the plane that crashed. The plane was found in a vertical position probing to the ground. The propeller part is separated from the fuselage (aircraft agency).

Not far from the SAR team's plane found three bodies. The bodies were Magdalena, Murcia, and the tribal elder, Mendoza. The mystery broke out. The four children were not in the location. They are considered to have entered the forest. A step that is considered the most dangerous.

It was all because Amazon's wilderness was filled with wild animals such as anaconda and jaguar that could prey on them. The Colombian people are starting to give up. Some of them began to try to help by renting services for smart people

This effort is considered an important option. Because local trust still believes in mystical things. Suggestions are being followed. In particular, the footprints of the children's footprints were found thanks to the services of the smart. The trail led him to four children on the 40th day of the search.

The four of them are in a sad condition. They are thin and cold. The SAR team also investigated the fact that their mother had just died on the 4th day. His dying mother advised to go for help.

The mandate was carried out well by Lesly. He played a big role in taking care of his younger siblings. He knows the forest well. This is not strange because the Huitoto indigenous people learn to hunt, hunt, and collect food in the forest from an early age.

He was able to find food for his younger siblings so that he could survive, from seeds and fruits. The news of their rescue then shocked the whole of Colombia.

Carlos Rincon, the military doctor who examined the children, said they survived with only minor injuries and abrasions. In photos released by the government on Friday, the children looked thin dry and doctors said they had not received solid food. He said he estimated they could be discharged from the hospital within two to three weeks.

Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez, who is one of the officials visiting the children. He praised his eldest son, Lesly 13 years old, for ensuring the survival of his younger siblings," saidLAd Glatsky in the book Colombian Children Rescued From Jungle Are Said to Be in Good Health (2023).