Satena Beechcraft Crashes Near Ocaña, All 15 Aboard Killed

Overview

• The twin‑turboprop Beechcraft 1900 (registration HK4709) operating Satena flight NSE 8849 from Cúcuta to Ocaña lost contact at 11:54 local and was later located destroyed near La Playa de Belén.
• All 13 passengers and two crew died, including Representative Diógenes Quintero and congressional candidate Carlos Salcedo, whose names appear on the airline’s published victim list.
• Civil aviation established a Unified Command Post and is coordinating with the Air Force and Army to secure the mountainous area and conduct phased recovery operations.
• Satena said the aircraft’s emergency locator transmitter did not activate, and investigators are assessing weather, terrain and operational factors as the cause remains undetermined.
• Satena is providing humanitarian support to families while Aerocivil collects technical and operational records, with access complicated by difficult geography and the presence of armed groups in Catatumbo.