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Five people were rescued by spending 36 hours on an airplane in the swamp infected with the Amazon’s alligator after he was forced to make an emergency landing, local authorities said.
A small aircraft was found by local fishermen in the Bolivia Amazon region on Friday, missing 48 hours.
The survivors – three women, a child and a 29 -year -old pilot – were rescued in “excellent condition,” said Wilson Avila, director of the Benny Ambulance Center.
The search and rescue mission was launched on Thursday after the plane disappeared from the Benny department in Central Bolivia.
The pilot told local media that the engine failure caused an emergency landing near the Itanam River during a Baur flight to Northern Bolivia to Trinidad.
Andres Veellard said the plane suddenly started losing height and he was forced to plant a ship in a swamp near Laguna.
The five on board stood on top of the plane and were “surrounded by alligators who were three meters away.”
The bicycle added that he believed that the gas leak from the plane retained predators in fear. He also saw an anacod in the water, he said.
Waiting for the salvation, they ate local manga, which was brought by one of the passengers.
“We couldn’t drink water, and we couldn’t go anywhere with the alligators,” Velerde said.
After the fishermen discovered the craft, the helicopter was sent for the transportation of those who survived to the hospital.
Ruben Torres, Director of the Benny Region Health Department, said that after the plane went missing, there was “a lot of speculation” and “a lot of theories”.
“I am very happy because in the end all institutions united to find the missing people and save these lives,” he said Reuters.
