Survivors reported after plane carrying 81 crashes in Colombia
- 7 years ago
A plane carrying 81 people, including a Brazilian football team, has crashed in a mountainous region of central Colombia.
An official said at least six people survived and the country’s civil aviation association said rescuers are moving them from the site near Medellin, where the charter aircraft was scheduled to land.
The cause of the crash, at around 10pm local time, is unclear.
Poor weather has made the crash site difficult to reach and rescuers are having to make the journey by road, authorities say.
Brazil’s Chapecoense football team were among the 72 passengers and nine crew members on board.
“It’s a tragedy of huge proportions,” Medellin’s Mayor Federico Gutierrez told Blu Radio on his way to the site.
#LMI2933 was operated by a LAMIA Bolivia British Aerospace Avro RJ85, reg. CP-2933. The aircraft first flew in 1999. https://t.co/wFfgBPhilh pic.twitter.com/K0msG1GuSi— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) 29 Νοεμβρίου 2016
Medellin’s airport confirmed that the aircraft, which departed from Bolivia, was transporting the Chapecoense football team from southern Brazil. They were scheduled to play in the Copa Sudamerica finals against Atletico Nacional on Wednesday (November 30) in Medellin.
The final has been suspended.
An official said at least six people survived and the country’s civil aviation association said rescuers are moving them from the site near Medellin, where the charter aircraft was scheduled to land.
The cause of the crash, at around 10pm local time, is unclear.
Poor weather has made the crash site difficult to reach and rescuers are having to make the journey by road, authorities say.
Brazil’s Chapecoense football team were among the 72 passengers and nine crew members on board.
“It’s a tragedy of huge proportions,” Medellin’s Mayor Federico Gutierrez told Blu Radio on his way to the site.
#LMI2933 was operated by a LAMIA Bolivia British Aerospace Avro RJ85, reg. CP-2933. The aircraft first flew in 1999. https://t.co/wFfgBPhilh pic.twitter.com/K0msG1GuSi— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) 29 Νοεμβρίου 2016
Medellin’s airport confirmed that the aircraft, which departed from Bolivia, was transporting the Chapecoense football team from southern Brazil. They were scheduled to play in the Copa Sudamerica finals against Atletico Nacional on Wednesday (November 30) in Medellin.
The final has been suspended.