Here’s how four children survived for 40 days in the Amazon rainforest after a tragic plane crash, in which their mother and two other adults perished. Read more:
, in which the children’s mother and two other adults perished, on 1 May.
Here’s what we know about how the youngsters managed to survive on their own in the jungle for more than five weeks, and what's next for them.The ordeal began in the early hours of 1 May, when the Cessna 206 aircraft carrying seven people and travelling between Araracuara airport in Caqueta and San Jose del Guaviare, a city in Guaviare province, issued a mayday alert due to engine failure.
The youngest of the children turned one while in the jungle, while her brother had his fifth birthday, a family member said. Clues about the siblings' whereabouts had been reported for weeks following the crash as the search dubbed Operation Hope continued.While details of the incredible survival story are still emerging, it appears that the siblings ate very little during their 40-day ordeal - relying at first on meagre supplies found on the plane, then fruit foraged from the jungle.
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