A Colombian Air Force transport plane crashed near the Peru border during takeoff, resulting in at least 34 deaths and leaving 21 people missing.President Gustavo Petro called for urgent military modernization while rescue teams and local residents evacuated 70 injured survivors from the Amazonian site.The Lockheed Martin aircraft carrying 125 passengers reportedly struck a tree and caught fire after failing to clear the runway during a transport mission.This aviation disaster occurred near the border with
Ecuador and follows a similar fatal military crash involving the same model of plane in
Bolivia.