Authorities say a small plane has crashed in a rural area of Norte de Santander province in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people on board.

Roland Steadham spoke to a class of aviation students the week prior to his fatal crash, per an instructor at a local flight school

ICE’s post honored Deportation Officer Frank E. Chaffin, who died along with 31 others when a government‑chartered Douglas plane crashed in Los Gatos Canyon. But it also described the 28 Mexican passengers as “illegal Mexican aliens.”

The airport director deferred all questions on the status of the victims' remains to the medical examiner on scene and police.

Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church said a staff member who “possessed a beautiful spirit" was among the victims of a fatal private jet crash in Bangor, Maine.