The number of casualties from the crash of a chartered flight carrying 81 people onboard including members of a Brazilian football club has risen to 76.
AFP
Chapecoense, from Brazil's top league, had been flying in to face Atletico Nacional of Medellin in the first leg of Wednesday's Sudamericana final, South America¡¯s equivalent of the Europa League.
"Six people were rescued alive, but unfortunately one died. The rest of the occupants unfortunately died. The tragic toll is 76 victims," Jose Gerardo Acevedo, regional police commander, told journalists.
The Bolivian charter airline named Lamia was carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members, aviation authorities said in a statement.
Aviation authorities earlier said there were at least six survivors. However Colombian police later reported 76 had died and five survived.