Championship-bound Brazilian soccer team nearly wiped out as charter plane crashes in Colombia

[TomSea]

Championship-bound Brazilian soccer team nearly wiped out as charter plane crashes in Colombia
By Fred Barbash, Samantha Schmidt and Dom Phillips November 29 at 5:48 AM

This is a breaking story and will be regularly updated.

A charter plane carrying 81 people, including players from a rising Brazilian soccer team headed for a championship match, crashed en route to Medellín ‘s airport in Colombia Monday night, according to authorities. Six passengers survived and the rest were killed, Colombia’s aviation authority confirmed Tuesday morning. It was uncertain whether that was a final count, however, as the figures had fluctuated during the night.

General José Acevedo, commander of Medellín police, told a Colombian radio station that 75 people had been killed at the site of the crash and six others had been injured and rescued from the scene. One of the rescued passengers died on the way to the hospital, Acevedo said.

Medellín’s mayor, Federico Gutierrez, called it “a tragedy of huge proportions.”

Continued At: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/29/survivors-reported-after-plane-carrying-brazilian-soccer-team-crashes-in-colombia/

[EC]

A plane carrying 81 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of Medellin in Colombia.

Police say five people survived the crash but the rest of those on board died.

The chartered aircraft, flying from Brazil via Bolivia, was carrying members of the Chapecoense team.

The team was due to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana, against Medellin team Atletico Nacional.

The first leg of the final of the cup, South America's second most important club competition, was scheduled for Wednesday, but has now been suspended.

The match was seen as the biggest in the history of the relatively small club, which entered Brazil's top division for the first time in 2014.

More plus Video: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38140981

Crawler on the site is now confirming 76 dead.

[Gefn]

Prayers up. A huge loss for Brazil fans.

[mystery-ak]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3980974/Plane-carrying-72-passengers-including-Brazilian-football-team-crashes-Colombia-reports-say.html

Smashed to pieces: Bodies of Colombian crash disaster victims are carried away from wreckage of doomed jet as it emerges pilot circled in desperate bid to burn off fuel before attempting to land

    Plane carrying 81 including top flight Brazil football team Chapecoense has crashed in Colombia mountains
    The aircraft crashed after taking off from a Bolivian airport amid reports of on board 'electrical problems'
    Early reports suggest there are just five survivors from the crash including three Chapecoense players
    The team were set to play Copa Sudamerica tournament final on Wednesday as part of a fairy tale season

By Julian Robinson and Matt Roper In Brazil and Janet Tappin Coelho In Brazil and Thomas Burrows and Daniel Peters and Ollie Gillman for MailOnline

Published: 01:05 EST, 29 November 2016 | Updated: 08:51 EST, 29 November 2016

more w/pictures at link

[TomSea]

Things can be so hard in Latin America; they switched planes but not only that, they are saying the plane ran out of fuel; that is amazingly hard to fathom and tragic, possible electric problems too.


http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/30/americas/colombia-plane-crash-investigation-fuel/index.html

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/plane-carrying-doomed-brazilian-soccer-team-ran-out-fuel-crash-n690281

http://fusion.net/story/372902/fuel-shortage-might-have-caused-soccer-teams-tragic-plane-crash/



A whole lot in that last link including pictures of them getting ready for departure on that plane.

I found this image on the web:

[TomSea]

One of the flight attendants survived and has relatives in the DFW area.

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/11/30/columbian-plane-crash-survivor-has-family-in-north-texas/

[Smokin Joe]

Things can be so hard in Latin America; they switched planes but not only that, they are saying the plane ran out of fuel; that is amazingly hard to fathom and tragic, possible electric problems too.


http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/30/americas/colombia-plane-crash-investigation-fuel/index.html

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/plane-carrying-doomed-brazilian-soccer-team-ran-out-fuel-crash-n690281

http://fusion.net/story/372902/fuel-shortage-might-have-caused-soccer-teams-tragic-plane-crash/



A whole lot in that last link including pictures of them getting ready for departure on that plane.

I found this image on the web:

No evidence of fire at the scene. Most likely very little to no fuel left. Fire isn't completely inevitable even with fuel all over, but far more likely.
Prayers up for all affected. That's rough.