Colombian children lost in jungle for 40 days rescued on helicopter

Missing for more than a month in the dense Amazon rainforest, four Indigenous children have been found alive in southern Colombia. Originally from the Huitoto Indigenous group, the children -- aged 13, nine, four and one -- had been wandering alone in the jungle since May 1, when the Cessna 206 in which they were traveling crashed.

The pilot had reported engine problems only minutes after taking off from a jungle area known as Araracuara on the 350-kilometer journey to the town of San Jose del Guaviare. The bodies of the pilot, the children's mother and a relative were all found at the crash site, where the plane sat almost vertical in the trees.

A massive search by 160 soldiers and 70 Indigenous people with intimate knowledge of the jungle had been under way ever since for the youngsters, garnering global attention.