Plane Carrying Members Of Brazilian Football Club Crashes On The Way To Colombia From Bolivia
There were 72 passengers on board.
A plane carrying members of a local soccer club, Chapecoense, from Brazil has crashed on its way to Medellin's international airport. The team is scheduled to play Copa Sudamerica finals against Atletico Nacional on Wednesday
There were 72 passengers on board in total.
First images from Chapecoense flight accident scene (via @Antnoticias). There are news of 6 survivors being treated pic.twitter.com/BhJ57r8fsF
¡ª Felipe Mekhitarian (@BrasileiraoBlog) November 29, 2016
Medellin's international airport said on its Twitter account that the aircraft had departed from Bolivia.
The @AeropuertoMDE confirms LAMIA Bolivia RJ85, registration CP-2933 has crashed near Medellin, Colombia. https://t.co/ayIDZCJVZs pic.twitter.com/GUzZcwHkwo
¡ª Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) November 29, 2016
Mayor Federico Gutierrez said that it is possible there are survivors.
"It's a tragedy of huge proportions," Gutierrez told Blu Radio as he made his way to the site in a mountainous area outside the city where the chartered aircraft is believed to have crashed shortly before midnight local time.
