Colombian singer Yeison Jiménez among six killed in plane crash, 10 January 2026

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Colombian singer Yeison Jiménez among six killed in plane crash​

Yeison Jiménez and the five other people on board the private aircraft all died in the crash in central-eastern Colombia on Saturday, authorities have confirmed.

The Sun reported the 34-year-old had written a poignant social media post before boarding the flight, saying: “Always humble, because what God gives you he can also take away.”

The other victims have been identified as Jiménez, the pilot Captain Hernando Torres, and passengers Juan Manuel Rodríguez, Óscar Marín, Jefferson Osorio, and Weisman Mora.

Jiménez, whose full name is Yeison Orlando Jiménez Galeano, was one of the most famous música popular artists in Colombia, producing eight albums in a 25-year career. He has been credited with revitalising the genre, originally a form of folk music that began in the Paisa Region in northwestern Colombia between the 1930s and 1940s.

The singer was headed to a concert on Saturday night, but crashed just after take-off and became engulfed in flames, according to reports.

 

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Beloved singer, 34, dies in plane crash before concert

Colombian singer Yeison Jiménez, known for blending ranchera and Colombian musical styles, has died at age 34 after a plane crash that killed six people, authorities said.

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Beloved singer, 34, dies in plane crash before concert​

Yeison Jiménez, a Colombian singer known for blending ranchera and música popular styles, died at age 34 after a plane crash that killed six people, authorities said.

Yeison Jiménez, a prominent Colombian singer known for blending traditional ranchera music with Colombian influences, died Saturday in a plane crash that claimed six lives, PEOPLE reports. He was 34.

The aircraft crashed in the area between the cities of Paipa and Duitama shortly after takeoff around 4 p.m. local time, according to Colombia’s Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics. The plane, registered as N325FA, was headed to Medellín when it went down. All six people aboard were killed.

“With heavy hearts and indescribable grief, Yeison Jiménez’s organization and team deeply regret to announce his passing,” a representative said in a statement posted to Instagram. “Today, we not only say goodbye to an artist; we say goodbye to a son, a brother, a friend, a human being full of dreams and courage, who transformed his story into a source of hope for thousands.”

 

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That's a piston powered somewhat small multi engine plane. (It's turbocharged but NOT turbine engines, BIG difference in performance). With six people and I presume band equipment/luggage they would likely have been at or even exceeded maximum takeoff weight. At sea level under those conditions had there been any loss of power on one of the two engines it would have been hard to climb. Departing an airport with an elevation of 8400 feet? ANY loss of power would not have ended well.

What's interesting is it's a US registered airplane. That would require it to be operated by a US certificated pilot. There's some discussion online on whether that applies if the plane is being operated outside of the United States. Here's a FAA legal interpretation (in blue) that makes it clear, if the plane is US registered it has to be flown by a pilot that holds the appropriate US pilot certificate (and this flight may have been, the reported "Captain's" name is fairly common).

Legal interpretations are available at www.faa.gov (not propriatory info).

https://www.faa.gov/media/11691

Tthe Flight Aware history for the N number shows all recent flights in the country of Columbia. To fly charter requires a certification under 14 CFR 135 and an air carrier operating certificate. It is legal to operate under such a cert out of a base in another country provided international operations are in the Operations Specifications (OpSpecs) approved by the FAA, but it's not very common, other than a couple of cargo carriers I've run across back in the day.

Could have been a privately owned airplane and the owner let the band fly in at no charge under FAR Part 91. I flew corporate for a while while on furlough from a 121 airline and once flew Prince Albert II of Monaco and some members of the French Oympic ski team when my boss offerered the use of his jet at no charge to bring them from a small wintertime resort airport in Canada to a public relations event in the US.