Cessna 206
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| Unit cost | US$714,000 (T206H, 2019) |
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| Number built | over 8509 (as of approx. 2006) |
| Manufacturers | Cessna |
| Produced | 1962–1986 and 1998–present |
| Developed from | Cessna 210 |
| Status | In production |
| Primary users | Ravn Alaska |
| Argentine Army | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1427926 |
About Cessna 206
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
... 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
... 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
... 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
... 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
... 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
... 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...
Colombia plane crash: Four children found alive in Amazon after 40 days
By Aoife WalshBBC News
Four children have been found alive More Than a month after their plane crashed in Colombia's Amazon jungle, the country's president has said.
The siblings, aged 13, nine, four and a one-year-old baby, were on board the plane with their mother, a pilot and a co-pilot when it crashed on 1 May.
Their mother and The Other adults on board the plane died.
President Gustavo Petro said finding The Children after weeks of searching was " a joy for the whole country".
He called it a " magical day" adding: " They were alone, they themselves achieved an example of total survival which will remain in history.
" These children are today The Children of peace and The Children of Colombia. "
Mr Petro shared a photograph of several members of the military and Indigenous community tending to the siblings, who had been missing for 40 days.
He Said The Children were now receiving medical attention - and that he had spoken to their grandfather, who told him " the mother jungle returned them".
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.
The bodies of the three adults who had been with them were found at the Crash Site by the army.
Preliminary Information from the civil aviation authority suggested The Children escaped The Wreckage and wandered into the rainforest to find help, Reuters news Agency reported.
A massive search began and 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 they had survived the collision.
The Children belong to the Huitoto indigenous group and members of their community hoped that their knowledge of fruits and jungle Survival Skills would give them a better chance of surviving.
Indigenous people joined The Search operation and helicopters broadcasted a message from The Children 's grandmother, recorded in the Huitoto language, urging them to stop moving to make them easier to locate.
Colombia's president came under criticism last month when a tweet published on his account announced that The Children had been found.
He erased the tweet The Next day saying that The Information - which his office had been given by Colombia's child welfare Agency - could not be confirmed.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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