Clip Four Children Found Alive in Amazon after 40 days, smallest is 11 months old

Miracle as four kids found ALIVE in Amazon jungle 40 days after horror plane crash.

The siblings were travelling with with their mother and two other adults when their plane came down on 1 May with suspected engine failure.

Four indigenous children have miraculously been found alive in the Amazon jungle six weeks after their plane crashed.

Siblings, Lesly, 13, Soleiny, nine, Tien Noriel, four, and Cristin, who turned one during their ordeal in Colombia were travelling in a light aircraft when the incident occurred on 1 May.

Four children have miraculously been found alive in the jungle some 40 days after being involved in a plane crash

It is believed the plane went down after suffering engine failure, subsequently killing the children's mother Magdalena Mucutui Valencia, as well as the pilot and an indigenous leader.

It sparked a massive rescue and recovery mission from Colombian authorities in the south east of the country, which included soldiers scouring the forest canopy for signs of life as scent hounds tracked the ground below, gripping footage showed.

Now, military in the South American country say the youngsters from the Uitoto Indigenous group have been found alive.

All four are said to be dehydrated and covered in insect bites, but in otherwise good condition, according to BNO News.

Rescuers initially found the children's belongings including a baby bottle near a makeshift shelter

President Gustavo Petro told the press upon his return to the country that the children are an "example of survival", adding their story "will remain in history."

"'A joy for the whole country!" he declared on Twitter. "The 4 children who were lost 40 days ago in the Colombian jungle appeared alive."

A grandfather of the four told broadcaster AFP he was grateful to the army for helping to locate them, adding "Yes, the children have been found, but I need a flight or a helicopter to go and get them urgently."

Their grandmother later told Noticias Caracol: "I never lost hope, I was always supporting the search. I feel very happy, I thank President Petro and my 'countrymen' who went through so many difficulties."

The kids' trauma began on the morning of 1 May when their Cessna 206 airplane left an area of the jungle known as Araracuara, bound for the town of San Jose del Guaviare in the Colombian Amazon.

However, within minutes of their 217-mile journey the pilot reported problems with the engine and the plane soon disappeared from radars.