Prior in the day, President Juan Manuel Santos had reported that 12 individuals kicked the bucket in the disaster, however authorities strolled that figure back a brief while later.
Santos, in a Twitter message, communicated "misgiving" over the dangerous mishap and offered sympathies to the groups of the individuals who kicked the bucket.
The Colombian pioneer said the military transport plane flagged that it was encountering motor issues preceding the accident, which had no survivors.
The plane slammed in Las Palomas locale, in the range of 800 kilometers (500 miles) upper east of Bogota. (AFP)