A Colombian pop star and his entire band died in a plane crash before a show Saturday — after he revealed a series of dreams in which he predicted that his aircraft would kill him.
Yeison Jimenez, 34, was flying to a concert in Colombia’s second-largest city, Medellin, on Saturday when the light aircraft carrying him and his musicians crashed and burst into flames, moments after take-off from a small airfield in the central Colombian town of Paipa, el Colombiano reported.
Colombian singer Yeison Jimenez was killed in a plane crash early Sunday. Billboard via Getty Images
Five others were killed in the crash, including the singer’s photographer, Weisman Mora, who had posted a poignant final video of the group just before take-off at around 4 p.m. local time.
Jimenez, one of the most well-known folk music artists in Colombia, had recently revealed his chilling dreams about dying in a plane crash.
“I dreamt three times that we were going to have a plane crash and that I had to tell the pilot to turn around. And when he arrived, he’d say, ‘Oh, boss, thank goodness you told me because something went wrong, but I fixed it, get in,’” Jimenez said in an interview with Colombian TV station Caracol.
“Those were the dreams. And in one of the dreams, I did dreamt that we had died and that we were on the news. And it was the third time I dreamt that. God gave me three signs, and I didn’t understand them, I didn’t get them,” Jimenez said.
The victims were heading to a concert in Medellin before the fiery crash. X / Noticias Uno
In the same interview, he revealed that he had been involved in an emergency landing recently involving the same aircraft, 10 days before his son was due to be born.
“The plane takes off, and as it takes off, I feel something go puff, puff,” he said, adding that he had felt the aircraft start rocking.
“There was no speed, we weren’t climbing,” Jimenez said, noting that his cameraman had spotted water coming out of the engine.
Colombia’s Civil Aviation Authority confirmed the crash was under investigation.
“The Civil Aeronautics Authority deeply regrets the accident that occurred in Paipa, Boyacá, in which six occupants of the N325FA aircraft died, including the artist Yeison Jiménez. We express our most sincere condolences to their families, friends, and fans,” the statement read.