--- description: A mother and her baby were found alive five days after their plane crashed in thick jungle in northwestern Colombia title: Mother and Baby Survive Plane Crash in Colombian Jungle image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Colombia](/tag/colombia/) ## Colombia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Mother and Baby Survived a Plane Crash and Five Days Lost in the Colombian Jungle by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 25, 2015 8:19 AM CUT by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 25, 2015 8:19 AM CUT A mother and her baby have miraculously been [found](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-33265943 "undefined") alive five days after their plane crashed in thick jungle in northwestern Colombia. Nelly Murillo, 18, and her 1-year-old son were discovered Wednesday not far from where the twin-engine Cessna plane had crashed near Quibdo in Choco province, reports the BBC. The cause of the crash is not yet known. “It’s a miracle,” Colonel Héctor Carrascal of the Colombian air force told Agence France-Presse. “It is a very wild area and it was a catastrophic accident.” According to the Colombian air force, Murillo suffered only minor injuries and burns and the baby was unharmed. The two were airlifted to a hospital in Quibdo. “His mother’s spirit must have given him strength to survive,” said Carrascal of the infant. Rescuers discovered the plane Monday with the body of the pilot, Captain Carlos Mario Ceballos, inside the cockpit. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-33265943 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3935151/colombia-plane-crash-alive-survived-mother-baby/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3935151/colombia-plane-crash-alive-survived-mother-baby/"},"headline":"This Mother and Baby Survived a Plane Crash and Five Days Lost in the Colombian Jungle","datePublished":"2015-06-25T08:19:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:30:50.037Z","description":"“It’s a miracle”","url":"https://time.com/3935151/colombia-plane-crash-alive-survived-mother-baby/","keywords":["Colombia","baby","plane crash","rescue"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/colombia/","name":"Colombia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3935151/colombia-plane-crash-alive-survived-mother-baby/","name":"This Mother and Baby Survived a Plane Crash and Five Days Lost in the Colombian Jungle"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Bremmer: What Does America Stand For?","description":"As the world's only superpower, Bremmer argues that the United States must look towards the next stage of China's rise","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/LslU7mTn/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-03T22:18:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/LslU7mTn.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3935151/colombia-plane-crash-alive-survived-mother-baby/","duration":"PT3M55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3935151/colombia-plane-crash-alive-survived-mother-baby/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```