Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast
This Insane Story of 4 Kids Who Survived a Plane Crash
Sun, 09 Feb 2025
This is the story of Lesly Mucutuy, Soleiny Mucutuy, Tien Noriel Ronoque Mucutuy, Lesly Mucutuy, and Cristin Neriman Ranoque Mucutuy. The Colombian kids who were lost in the Colombian jungle for 40 days.
What happened during the plane crash involving the four kids?
So these four kids and their mom, they're all passengers on a small airplane and it's passing over the jungle when suddenly something goes wrong with the engine and the pilot, he tries to radio out, but it's too late. The plane engine fails and it has started to plummet down into the jungle. And it falls faster and faster until kaboom, it crashes into the trees below, nose first.
And now the front of the plane is a complete wreck, and the pilot and one other passenger, they die on impact. But the mom, she survives, although she's badly injured. And the four kids who were sitting at the rear of the plane, for the most part, they're unscathed. Now, these kids are young. They're 13, 9, 4, and 11 months old. And the 13-year-old, her name's Leslie.
And Leslie has no idea if anyone's looking for them or if even anyone knows their plane has crashed. Oh, but that's not going to stop Leslie. Her mom is seriously injured, so she has to take charge. And the first thing she and the other kids do is they create a makeshift shelter from branches. And it's held together by using her hair ties.
And they all just chill there by the wreckage, trying to survive. Four days later, unfortunately, mom passes away due to her injuries. So now it's just the four kids out there all by themselves. And Leslie knows they need to leave soon and get away from the dead bodies because the scent will likely attract dangerous animals.
So the four kids leave and they walk and they walk and they hide when they think danger is near. And Leslie finds fruit along the way so they can eat. And they had taken a bag of yucca flower from the plane wreckage that they had been dissolving in water so they can feed it to the youngest, the 11-month-old. And they're constantly just walking and taking turns carrying the baby.
And it's the jungle, so of course it rains and their clothes are always wet. And at night, the temperature drops dramatically, so they're all cold as f***. Meanwhile, back in civilization, people are worried about the passengers on that plane. Luckily, the pilot's message was heard as the plane was going down and before it fell off the radar.
So they hear this message and they start a search effort right away. But because the plane crashed in the thickest part of the jungle, this search for the wreckage is not going to be easy. So the Colombian military ends up getting involved and they dedicate a ton of resources to this. They're sending reconnaissance flights.
They're using infrared sensors and satellite imagery to try and find the plane under all the trees. They even send 110 special forces on the ground to try and look for this plane. And they still can't find it. And interestingly enough, the jungle is almost too dangerous for these special forces.
It's always raining, so their clothes are soaked, and they keep running out of food, and they're constantly dodging wild animals and venomous snakes. But then local indigenous people get involved, and they start searching for the kids since they're more familiar with the area. And they have a more spiritual approach to the search, taking ayahuasca, hoping it will point them in the right direction.
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