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Colombia plane crash: 75 dead on Brazil soccer team's charter flight | KNO

The Avro RJ85 was en route Monday night from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to Medellin when it crashed near Rionegro, Colombia, with 72 passengers and nine crew members on board, civil aviation officials said.

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Near Medellin, Colombia In the mountains of Colombia, rescuers combed wreckage for survivors.

Outside a stadium in Brazil, fans who thought they'd be cheering for their favorite soccer team came to mourn.
These were the somber images Tuesday morning after a deadly plane crash outside Medellin, Colombia.
The Avro RJ85 was en route Monday night from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to Medellin when it crashed near Rionegro, Colombia, with 72 passengers and nine crew members on board, civil aviation officials said.
At least 75 people were killed, officials said. Six people survived. Players, coaches and invited guests from Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team were onboard the charter flight. So were more than 20 journalists on the way to cover what was supposed to be a heartwarming chapter in a Cinderella story for a team of unlikely champions.
The soccer club, which has risen the ranks in Brazilian soccer and now has a devoted national fan base, was set to play in the first leg of the South American Cup finals Wednesday.
Now authorities are investigating what caused the crash, searching the remote site for victims, survivors and evidence.
Rescuers search the wreckage of the charter plane Tuesday in mountains outside Medellin, Columbia.
 

'We are praying for everyone'

At least three soccer players, two crew members and one journalist survived, authorities said.
Among them: defender Alan Luciano Ruschel.
In an Instagram post, Ruschel's wife said he was hospitalized in stable condition.
"We are praying for everyone who has not yet been rescued, and for their families," Amanda Ruschel wrote. "It is a complicated and difficult situation. Only God can give us strength."
Medical staff members wait for survivors of the plane crash Tuesday at a hospital near Medellin.
 

What happened?

The charter flight took off from Bolivia's Viru Viru International Airport at 6:18 p.m. local time, according to air controller Manuel Palamas.
The plane declared an emergency between the municipalities of La Ceja and La Union, according to Colombian aviation officials. The crash occurred in an area called Cerro El Gordo near Medellin, officials said.
 
Images of the crash show what appear to be damaged parts of the plane.
Tattered debris emblazoned with the Chapecoense club's logo was photographed at the crash site.
A logo of Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense is found at the site of the plane crash.
 

Weather and wind

Satellite images show that scattered showers and thunderstorms had moved across the region over the last 12 hours -- though no big storms were nearby, according to CNN meteorologist Michael Guy.
There likely would have been turbulence in the region due to intermittent thunderstorms and winds from around the mountains in the region, Guy said.
A statement from nearby Jose Maria Cordova airport said the accident site could only be accessed by land because of weather conditions.
The Colombian air force had to abort a mission to the accident site due to inclement weather, according to Colombian officials.
Colombia: Dozens involved in plane accident
 
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From Cinderella story to nightmare

Chapecoense was set to play the Colombian club team Atletico Nacional in the first leg of theSouth American Cup finals Wednesday.
The team, which is ninth in Brazil's Serie A league, has surprised many with its performance in the tournament this year -- ESPNFC billed its semifinal contest as a David versus Goliath match.
Chapecoense hoped to become the first Brazilian club to win the South American Cup final since 2008.
 
"It's a Cinderella football story. They've only been in the top division in Brazil for the last couple of years, and they've reached the Copa Sudamericana final," Keir Radnedge of World Soccer magazine told CNN. "What they have achieved in the last couple of years was just amazing."
Chapecoense had dreamed of winning the prestigious cup, Plinio David de Nes Filho, the chairman of the team's board, told Brazil's TV Globo on Tuesday.
"The dream was over this morning," he said, tearing up as he told the network of the last time he saw the players.
"Yesterday morning I was saying goodbye to them," he said. "They told me they were going in search of the dream to make this dream a reality."
Six journalists from Fox Sports Brazil were among the 20 people aboard the aircraft on their way to cover the game, the network said.
 

 

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