A plane carrying members of Brazil's Chapecoense Real football team crashed late Monday near the Colombian city of Medellin, leaving 76 dead and only five survivors.
"Confirmed,
the aircraft license number CP2933 was carrying the team
@ChapecoenseReal. Apparently there are survivors," the Jose Maria
Cordova de Rionegro airport, which serves Medellin, said on its Twitter
account.
According to the UK Guardian, the plane was carrying more than 70 people.
Medellin
international airport has confirmed that the charter aircraft was
involved in a serious emergency on its way to the city.
It is not yet known whether there have been any casualties.
The football team was scheduled to play Copa Sudamerica finals against Atletico Nacional on Wednesday in Medellin.
The
plane – a British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane – is believed to have
started its journey in Sao Paulo, Brazil, at 3.35pm in the afternoon
local time, the Guardian reports. It made a stop in Santa Cruz de la
Sierra, a bustling economic hub in eastern Bolivia, later that day
before setting off for Colombia.
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