Article Posted on : - May 01, 2012

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA: Officials in Colombia say a Colombian air force helicopter has crashed near the Caribbean coast and all 13 people aboard have been killed.

Atlantico state civil defence director Jorge Fernandez says the aircraft crashed in a field in a rural area of the town of Sabanagrande.

Two officials who spoke on condition they not be further identified put the death toll at 13. Both say they were not authorised to disclose the number.