Colombia plane crash: custody battle breaks out between relatives of children

Officials are the interviewing family members of the children who survived 40 days alone in the rainforest to determine who should care for them

A custody battle has broken out among relatives of the four Indigenous Colombian children who survived a plane crash and 40 days alone in the Amazon rainforest, with the father of two of them facing accusations of domestic violence.

The siblings, ranging in age from one to 13, remained in hospital on Monday and were expected to stay there for several days, during which time Colombia's child protection agency will interview family members to determine who should care for them after their mother died in the 1 May crash.