Plane crash claims 7 lives in Colombia

The twin-engine PA31 crashed into a house on Sunday afternoon in the city of Popayan minutes after taking off. The aircraft operated by the Transpacifico company was headed for the city of Lopez de Micay.

Popayan: A small plane carrying local government officials crashed in the southern part of Colombia, killing seven of the nine people aboard.

Colombia's Civil Aeronautics agency said that the twin-engine PA31 crashed into a house on Sunday afternoon in the city of Popayan minutes after taking off.

The aircraft operated by the Transpacifico company was headed for the city of Lopez de Micay.

Cauca provincial Governor Oscar Campo tweeted that the plane was carrying local government officials.

Campo also said that he was praying for the health of two survivors.