told local media from his hospital bed that the plane suddenly began to lose altitude. He looked for an open space to land but had to settle for a swamp near a lagoon. The five found themselves ...

the plane lost altitude and he was forced to land in the swamp, the outlet reported. The five people remained on top of the plane where they were "surrounded by alligators that came within three ...

Five people were rescued after they survived 36 hours atop a plane in an alligator-infested swamp in the Bolivian Amazon after they were forced to make an emergency landing, local officials and ...

BENI, Bolivia (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Five people were rescued after surviving for nearly 2 days in an alligator-infested swamp following a plane crash. A small plane carrying a pilot, three women ...

Five people survived 36 hours surrounded by alligators after their plane crashed into a swamp in the Amazon, the pilot has told local media. A child, three women and the pilot of the light ...

"There was no ranch or road along the route," he said. "It was just swamp." Instead of skidding across the shore as planned, the plane smashed into the ground and flipped upside down — injuring ...

Clear, open spaces are not easy to find in the Amazon, but Velarde brought the plane down in a swamp near the Itanomas River. The rough landing flipped the plane upside down, shaking up the ...

Five people survived 36 hours perched on top of a plane wreck in an alligator-infested swamp in the Amazon. Three women, a child and the small plane's pilot were discovered by fishermen on Friday.

Five people have been rescued from an alligator-infested swamp almost two days after their plane crashed in the Amazonian jungle in Bolivia. The small aircraft, carrying the pilot, three women and ...

The five survivors, including a 6-year-old boy, spent 36 hours in the predator-infested swamp area before being rescued on Friday by some fishermen. Five people survived an intensive ordeal after ...

Survivors of a plane crash needed to spend 36 hours perched on top of the aircraft after it plummeted into an alligator-filled swamp. The survivors, three women, a child and the pilot, were found ...