Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Colombian Plane Crash Kills 76, Including Brazil's Football Team

quote [ BOGOTA: A chartered aircraft with 81 people on board, including a Brazilian first division soccer team heading to Colombia for a regional tournament final, has crashed on its way to Medellin's international airport. ]

6 survivors reported. Article in the extended.

Plane crashes in Colombia with 81 on board, including Brazilian footballers

AP | Updated: Nov 29, 2016, 03.58 PM IST
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BOGOTA: A chartered aircraft with 81 people on board, including a Brazilian first division soccer team heading to Colombia for a regional tournament final, has crashed on its way to Medellin's international airport.
Aviation authorities said there are reports of at least six survivors.
"It's a tragedy of huge proportions," Medellin's Mayor Federico Gutierrez Gutierrez told Blu Radio on his way to the site in a mountainous area outside the city where aircraft crashed.
Aviation authorities said the aircraft, a British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane operated by a Bolivian charter airline named Lamia, declared an emergency at 10 p.m. Monday (0300 GMT) due to an electrical failure.
Authorities and rescuers were immediately activated but an air force helicopter had to turn back due to low visibility.
The aircraft, which made a stop in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, was transporting the first division Chapecoense soccer team from southern Brazil. The team was scheduled to play Wednesday in the first of a two-game Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional of Medellin.
The plane was carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members, aviation authorities said in a statement. Local radio said the same aircraft transported Argentina's national squad for a match earlier this month in Brazil.
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[by Kat@2:37pmGMT]

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pleaides said @ 8:42am GMT on 30th Nov [Score:1 Informative]
It's *a* Brazilian Football Team, not their national side I think

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