Everyone on board; three women, a child, and the 29-year-old pilot were rescued from their perch atop the capsized plane in “excellent condition,“ said Wilson Avila, director of the emergency operations center in the Beni region.
Andres Velarde, the 29-year-old pilot of the single-engine aircraft, told local media from his hospital bed that the plane suddenly began to lose altitude.
The five found themselves “surrounded by alligators that came within three meters of us,“ Velarde said, adding he suspected that the kerosene leaking from the plane had kept the toothy predators at bay.
For sustenance, they ate a local cassava flour that one of the passengers had brought on the trip.
The five were rescued after being spotted by local fishermen and taken to hospital.
People frequently use air taxis in the Beni area, due to the lack of paved roads and the poor maintenance of those that do exist.
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