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BOGOTA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- A small army plane crashed in central Colombia on Monday, killing eight people on board.
The "Cessna-type plane" crashed into the Majui Hill, in the department of Cundinamarca, as it was flying between Tolemaida and Guaymaral, according to the news website RCN Radio.
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos expressed "solidarity with the relatives of the victims," in a message posted on Twitter.
The crash occurred at 5:16 p.m., and "everyone on board appears to have been killed," the news agency said, adding emergency crews were headed to the site.
