Children who had survived the plane crash were found in the jungle for six weeks

Four children of an indigenous community in Colombia were found in the dense jungle in the south of the country more than five weeks after the aircraft crashed, said Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Friday.

The children were saved by the military near the border between the Colombian provinces Caqueta and Guaviare, near the place where the small aircraft had crashed.

"A joy for the whole country!" The four children who ... was lost in the Colombian jungle seemed to be alive, "said Petro in a message about Twitter.

The plane - a Cessna 206 - promoted seven people on a route between Araracuara in the province of Amazona and San Jose del Guaviare, a city in the province of Guaviare when an emergency warning issued in the early morning of May 1st.

Three adults, including the pilot, were killed in the crash and their corpses were found on the plane. The four children aged 13, 9 and 4 years as well as a 11 -month -old baby survived the impact.

Preliminary information from the civil aviation authority, which coordinated the rescue efforts, indicate that the children escaped the plane and made their way to the rainforest to look for help.

With the support of search dogs,

savior had previously found the fruit thrown away that ate the children to survive, as well as improvised accommodations from jungle vegetation.

Airplanes and helicopters of the Colombian army and Air Force were involved in the rescue campaigns.