76 dead, five survive crash of Brazilian soccer team's plane

[Bacchus4.0]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/11/29/colombian-plane-crash-on-way-to-medellin/94585124/

A chartered plane carrying a first-division Brazilian soccer team crashed in northwestern Colombia on Monday night, killing 76 of the 81 people aboard, authorities said. Six people initially survived the crash, but one of them died a short time later, authorities said.

The plane took off from Bolivia and was flying over the town of La Union at around 10 p.m. when electrical flaws were reported, according to a statement from the José María Córdova International Airport in Rionegro, Colombia. The plane crashed moments later a mountainous area in the Antioquian municipality, about 22 miles from the airport, which serves the city of Medellin.

There were 72 passengers included members of Chapecoense, a Brazilian soccer team that had risen from relative obscurity to play in one of South America's most prestigious tournaments. The team had been scheduled to play in the Copa Sudamerica finals against Atletico Nacional on Wednesday in Medellin.

“It’s a tragedy of huge proportions,” Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez told Blu Radio on his way to the scene of the crash.

[LisaM]

1. Ugh, really sad.

I am sorry to hear this.