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title: "Turkish businessman and 4 passengers killed in plane crash in Colombia"
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-16-turkish-businessman-4-passengers-killed-plane/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-16
updated: 2026-09-16T22:17:53.559Z
category: world
sources: 4
agreement: agree
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# Turkish businessman and 4 passengers killed in plane crash in Colombia

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella announced that the aircraft that went missing on September 13 was found, and that Turkish businessman Mehmet Çankaya and 4 Colombian passengers on board had died. Rescue teams, hindered by rugged terrain, reached the wreckage by land only three days later.

## Who is in this story

- [Mehmet Çankaya](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/mehmet-cankaya/) — People
- [Abelardo de la Espriella](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/abelardo-de-la-espriella/) — People
- [Colombia](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/kolombiya/) — Places
- [Colombian Civil Aviation Authority](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/kolombiya-sivil-havacilik-otoritesi/) — Institutions
- [Turkey's Embassy in Bogotá](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/turkiye-bogota-buyukelciligi/) — Institutions
- [Pueblo Rico](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/pueblo-rico/) — Places

## News sources

- [Türk iş adamı Mehmet Çankaya'nın Kolombiya'da düşen uçağı bulundu: Acılı eşten yetkililere yardım çağrısı](https://www.yenisafak.com/gundem/turk-is-adami-mehmet-cankayanin-kolombiyada-dusen-ucagi-bulundu-acili-esten-yetkililere-yardim-cagrisi-4856447) — Yeni Şafak (pro-government) — 2026-09-16
- [Kolombiya'da kaybolan uçakta Türk iş insanı ve 4 yolcu hayatını kaybetti](https://www.trthaber.com/haber/dunya/kolombiyada-kaybolan-ucakta-turk-is-insani-ve-4-yolcu-hayatini-kaybetti-957059.html) — TRT Haber (state) — 2026-09-16
- [Üç gündür aranıyordu: Türk patronun kullandığı uçağın enkazına 3 gün sonra ulaşıldı](https://www.evrensel.net/haber/6000810/uc-gundur-araniyordu-turk-patronun-kullandigi-ucagin-enkazina-3-gun-sonra-ulasildi?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_syndication) — Evrensel (opposition) — 2026-09-16
- [Kolombiya Cumhurbaşkanı, Türk iş insanı Çankaya'nın kullandığı uçağın bulunduğunu duyurdu](https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/dunya/kolombiya-cumhurbaskani-turk-is-insani-cankayanin-kullandigi-ucagin-bulundugunu-duyurdu/4059479) — Anadolu Ajansı (state) — 2026-09-16

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-16-kolombiya-dusen-ucakta-turk-is-insani/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-16-turkish-businessman-4-passengers-killed-plane/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-16-kolumbii-pri-padenii-samolyota-pogibli-turetskiy/

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