Columbia Reporting Plane Crash 81 People Brazilian Soccer Team

This is a breaking story. According to the twitter link there are 72 people on board. It is being reported that the Brazilian First Division Soccer Team were on the plane.

There may be survivors as well. I will update with more links. Hope it's true that there are survivors.
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Update:

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Authorities are responding to an emergency after an airplane with 72 people on board has crashed on its way to Medellin's international airport. Medellin's international airport said on its Twitter account that the aircraft had departed from Bolivia. It's not clear if there are any survivors. But local media reported that the charter aircraft was carrying members of the soccer team Chapecoense from Brazil, which is scheduled to play Copa Sudamerica finals against Atletico Nacional on Wednesday in Medellin.

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a reply to: EchoesInTime

There were 72 and 9 on board. It crashed near Medillin.

a reply to: Zaphod58

I've updated the title to 81. There are unconfirmed reports of 41 casualties but it appears there are survivors.

a reply to: EchoesInTime

Wow. That's devastating.

Any info on the make and model of the aircraft? I did not see it in your link to the story.

Team is named Chapecoense
Pic of the team. Sad news

It was an RJ85 operated by LAMIA Brazil. Registration is CP-2933, MSN E.2348, first flight was in 99. It was operating as LMI2933. According to one report, the pilot reported they were low on fuel.

RJ85

originally posted by: Zaphod58
It was an RJ85 operated by LAMIA Brazil. Registration is CP-2933, MSN E.2348. It was operating as LMI2933. According to one report, the pilot reported they were low on fuel.

RJ85

Where did you find all this info?

""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.""

Mountain crashes rarely allow survivors.

a reply to: ColdWisdom

Accident details, such as they are, are already up on one of the accident sites I monitor.

a reply to: EchoesInTime

Prayers and thoughts for the families and Brazil. Brazilians love their soccer players. Hoping peace for them.

a reply to: carewemust

Depends. I've seen some that hit in the mountains that quite a few people survived. It all depends on how they hit, and the angle of the terrain.

a reply to: EchoesInTime

The Brazilian govt fell out of favour with the US govt not long ago.

Perhaps this event is a form of attack on Brazil and or its leadership? Lets see what eventuates over the next few months.

a reply to: Azureblue

Dumbest thing I ever read.

CP-2933

a reply to: Zaphod58

If 4 people could survive the JAL 123 crash then pretty much anything is survivable .

a reply to: hutch622

Thirty-Three survived the initial impact of the 1972 crash in the Andes. So yeah, it's entirely possible.

Reports are now saying they're moving survivors from the scene. They can only get there by ground due to weather in the area.

Six survivors reported so far, four have been transported to local hospitals.

I think if I was a soccer player, I'd be really nervous when flying in South America.

Hopefully more survivors are found...

a reply to: Kettu

It's officially six, but unofficial sources say at least 10. It's going to take awhile to get hard numbers.

It looks like they went into a holding pattern, then crashed after they started towards the airport again.

a reply to: Indigent

Second that notion