Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos informed on Monday that a small military aircraft has crashed near the capital, killing eight people, NY Times reported.

He has expressed his condolences on Twitter to the victims of the accident.

Investigators are looking into what caused the accident. Local authorities noted that the Cessna Caravan turboprop may have run into an antenna or encountered bad weather.

The flight was traveling to a small airport outside Bogota from a Colombian military base.