News: Plane Carrying Brazilian Football Team Crashes in Colombia
It was a piece of gruesome news that I woke up to today. A chartered plane has crashed outside Medellin, Colombia, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016.
The plane was carrying the Brazilian first division soccer club Chapecoense team that was on it's way for a Copa Sudamericana final match against Colombia's Atletico Nacional.
As of writing, the accident has claimed a total of 76 lives with only 6 survivors, out of which 3 are members of the soccer team.
According to Colombian authorities, rescue was hindered by the location of the crash, in a dense wooded area with no road access, and a rainstorm which did not allow helicopters to get close to the accident scene.
The rescue operations are on at present.
Read more :
- http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/plane-carrying-chapecoense-team-crashes-in-colombia/
- http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11757344
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3981034/Colombia-authorities-say-responding-plane-crash.html
- http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/twenty-journalists-among-dead-in-colombia-plane-crash-4402433/
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I saw this on the news....very sad.
First thing I saw when I woke up, terrible news!
That's horrible.
Yes a tragedy.