Plane carrying Brazilian football team Chapecoense crashes in Colombia
Authorities are responding to an emergency after a plane with 72 people on board crashed on its way to Medellin international airport in Colombia.
Local media reported that the charter aircraft was carrying members of the football team Chapecoense from Brazil, which is scheduled to play Copa Sudamerica finals against Atletico Nacional on Wednesday in Medellin.
Medellin’s Mayor Federico Gutierrez said that it is possible there are survivors.
“It’s a tragedy of huge proportions,” Gutierrez told Blu Radio on 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.
The Chapecoense players who didn't make the trip to Colombia. Truly heartbreaking.
Fans of the club mourning
Site of the crash
Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved in the Chapecoense plane crash. Truly awful news.
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