A one-year-old baby and his mother have been found alive in a jungle five days after their plane crashed.
Rescuers discovered 18-year-old mum Maria Nelly Murillo and son Yudier near to the crash site in the Choco province of Colombia.
While the mum was suffering from some burns and injuries, she was in good health - as was her baby.
The cause of the crash, which happened after the plane set off from
Quibdo, the capital of Choco, on route to the town of Nuqui, remains a
mystery.
The pair were found on Monday - three days after pilot Carlos Mario Ceballos was found dead in the wreckage.
A rescue team of 14 people had scoured the rainforest attempting to find them before making the incredible discovery.
The pair were then airlifted to hospital.
Colonel Hector Carrascal, from the Colombian Air Force, said: "It's a
miracle. It is a very wild area and it was a catastrophic accident."
Speaking of the child's survival, he added: "His mother's spirit must have given him strength to survive."
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