Five people have been rescued from an alligator-infested swamp three days after their plane crashed in the Amazonian jungle in Bolivia.

Everyone on board – three women, a child and the 29-year-old pilot – were rescued from their perch atop the capsized plane in "excellent condition," officials said.

A search and rescue operation was launched to find the missing passengers on Thursday, May 1. Among the survivors were three women, a child, and the 29-year-old pilot. They were found in “excellent condition,” Wilson Avila, director of the Beni Department's emergency operations centre, told BBC News.