A group in Bolivia survived 36 hours in a crocodile swamp after the plane crashed

Five people were rescued after they survived 36 hours at the top of a plane in a swamp in the crocodile in the Bolivian Amazon after they were forced to land in emergency situations, and local and pilot officials said on Friday.

Wilson Avila, director of the Emergency Operations Center in the Bani area, said that everyone on the plane-the three women, a child and a 29-year-old pilot-were rescued from their perch on the plane in an “excellent condition”.

The plane was traveling from the city of Porsi to the northern city of Trinidad when it faced a problem.

Andres Villardi, a 29 -year -old pilot of a single engine plane, told the local media from his hospital bed that the plane suddenly started to lose its height.

He searched for an open space for landing, but had to settle in a quagmire near the lake.

Villardi said that the five found themselves “surrounded by crocodiles, which came three meters away from us,” adding that he was suspected that the leakage of kerosene leaks from the plane may have kept predators with teeth.

He said they also saw Anaconda in mysterious waters.

For the sake of food, they ate the local Kusava flour that a passenger brought on the trip.

“We were unable to drink water and we were unable to go anywhere else because of crocodiles,” Villardi said.

The search and rescue mission was launched on Thursday after the plane disappeared from the radar.

The five were rescued after being monitored by local fishermen and were taken to hospital via helicopters.

Robin Torres, director of the Ministry of Health in the Bani area, said that there are “many theories” after the plane lost.

He told Reuters: “I am really happy because in the end all institutions joined together to be able to find missing people and save those lives,” he told Reuters.