Bogota: Colombian authorities have confirmed that a Cessna 402 light aircraft crashed in the outskirts of Cajica municipality, about 28 kilometers north from Bogota, the national capital, killing all three people on board.

The airplane, which belonged to the Aeroexpress company, reported an emergency at 10.02 a.m. on Saturday before it crashed within minutes in a rural area close to a house in the Cajica outskirts, the country's Civil Aeronautic said in an official statement.

(IANS)