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Cessna 206

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Unit costUS$714,000 (T206H, 2019)
Number builtover 8509 (as of approx. 2006)
Manufacturers Cessna
Produced1962–1986 and 1998–present
Developed from Cessna 210
StatusIn production
Primary users Ravn Alaska
Argentine Army
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Date of Upd.
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The Cessna 205, 206, and 207, known primarily as the Stationair are a family of single-engined, general aviation aircraft with fixed landing gear, used in commercial air service and also for personal use.

Mapping the search for Colombia's plane crash children

Mapping the search for Colombia's plane crash children
Jun 16,2023 11:10 pm

... Where did the children go missing? The children were travelling together with their mother, 33-year-old Magdalena Mucutuy, in a Cessna 206 light aircraft from their home near Araracuara, in the south of Colombia, to San José del Guaviare,...

Colombia plane crash: Mum told children to leave her and get help

Colombia plane crash: Mum told children to leave her and get help
Jun 12,2023 12:30 am

... Ms Mucutuy and her children had been travelling on the Cessna 206 aircraft to Araracuara, in Amazonas province, to San José del Guaviare, on May 1 when it issued a mayday alert due to engine failure...

How 4 children survived 40 days in hostile Colombian jungle

How 4 children survived 40 days in hostile Colombian jungle
Jun 11,2023 1:50 pm

... She also recovered Fariña, a type of flour, from the wreckage of the Cessna 206 plane they had been travelling in...

Children reunited with family after surviving 40 days in Amazon

Children reunited with family after surviving 40 days in Amazon
Jun 10,2023 7:50 pm

... The Cessna 206 aircraft the children and their mother had been travelling on before the crash was flying from Araracuara, in Amazonas province, to San José del Guaviare, when it issued a mayday alert due to engine failure...

Colombia plane crash: Four children found alive in Amazon after 40 days

Colombia plane crash: Four children found alive in Amazon after 40 days
Jun 9,2023 11:30 pm

... The Cessna 206 aircraft the children and their mother had been travelling on was flying from Araracuara, in Amazonas province, to San José del Guaviare, when it issued a mayday alert due to engine failure...

Colombia plane crash: Children reportedly survived 16 days in jungle

Colombia plane crash: Children reportedly survived 16 days in jungle
May 18,2023 10:50 am

... The Cessna 206 light aircraft they had been in was flying from Araracuara, deep in the Amazon jungle in southern Colombia, to San José del Guaviare, when it disappeared in the morning of 1 May...

Children reunited with family after surviving 40 days in Amazon

May 18,2023 10:50 am

Four children who survived weeks alone in Colombia's Amazon jungle have been reunited with relatives and have begun playing again, officials say.

The siblings, aged 13, nine, five And One , are recuperating in hospital in Bogota, the capital.

They are " very weak" but " happy to see their family" said their grandfather, Fidencio Valencia.

The Four children were found after More Than a month of searching by the military and local people.

They Went missing after the plane they were in crashed on 1 May. Their mother and two pilots were killed in The Crash .

Rescuers tracked them down after spotting signs in The Jungle , including footprints and fruit that had been bitten into.

Two of The Children , the one-year-old baby and five-year-old, spent their birthdays in The Jungle , as the eldest Lesly, 13, guided them through The Ordeal .

Colombia's Defence Minister Ivan Velasquez, who visited them in The Hospital with President Gustavo Petro on Saturday, praised Lesly for taking care of her younger siblings.

" It is thanks to her, her value and her leadership, that the three others were able to survive, with her care, her knowledge of The Jungle , " Mr Velasquez said.

" In general The Children , The Boy and The Girls are in an acceptable state, according to the medical reports they are out of danger. "

Military doctor Carlos Rincon said they have " nutritional deficiencies" but had survived with only " some soft tissue injuries, bites, and skin lesions".

They are Not Yet able to eat, He Said , adding: " We will begin The Process of incorporating food when we complete The Process of clinical examinations that will be done today. If things go well, we believe they will stay in The Hospital for two to three weeks. "

Astrid Caceres, The General director of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare, said The Children " don't talk as much as we would like them to" and need time to recover.

But She Said two of The Children had been playing.

The Children belong to the Huitoto indigenous group. General Pedro Sanchez , who led The Search operation, credited Indigenous people who volunteered to help The Rescue effort.

" We found The Children : miracle, miracle, miracle! " he told reporters.

The Children 's grandmother, Fatima Valencia, said after their rescue: " I Am very grateful, and to Mother Earth as well, that they were set free. "

She Said the eldest of The Four siblings was used to looking after The Other three when their mother was at work, and that this helped them survive in The Jungle .

" She gave them flour and cassava bread, any fruit in The Bush , they know what they must consume, " Ms Valencia said in footage obtained by EVN.

The Cessna 206 aircraft The Children and their mother had been travelling on before The Crash was flying from Araracuara, in Amazonas province, to San José del Guaviare, when it issued a mayday alert due to engine failure.

The bodies of the three adults were found at the Crash Site by the army, but it appeared that The Children had escaped The Wreckage and wandered into the rainforest to find help.

In May, rescuers recovered, including a child's drinking bottle, a pair of scissors, a hair tie and a makeshift shelter.

Small footprints were also discovered, which led search teams To Believe The Children were Still Alive in the rainforest, which is home to jaguars, snakes and other predators.

Members of The Children 's community hoped that their knowledge of fruits and jungle Survival Skills would give them a better chance of remaining alive.

Indigenous people joined The Search and helicopters broadcast a message from The Children 's grandmother, recorded in the Huitoto language, urging them to stop moving to make them easier to locate.

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Source of news: bbc.com

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