Chapecoense, from Brazil’s top league, had been flying in to face Atletico Nacional of Medellin in the first leg of Wednesday’s Sudamericana final, South America’s equivalent of the Europa League.
“Six people were rescued alive, but unfortunately one died.
The rest of the occupants unfortunately died. The tragic toll is 76 victims,” Jose Gerardo Acevedo, regional police commander, told
The club said in a statement that it would not be making any official comments until it had more information from Colombian authorities about Monday night’s crash. Brazilian media reported that three players were among the survivors.
Flight tracking service Flightradar24 said on Twitter the last tracking signal from flight 2933 had been received when it was at 15,500 feet, about 30 km from its destination, which sits at an altitude of 7,000 feetA Chape, através de seu vice-presidente Ivan Tozzo, aguarda a manifestação oficial da autoridade aérea colombiana para emitir nota oficial.— Chapecoense (@ChapecoenseReal) November 29, 2016
The charter flight was carrying 72 passengers and nine crew, when it crashed around 10:15 p.m. on Monday. Heavy rain first hampered and then halted rescue operations. Officials told local media that bodies would be removed once the sun rose.
The Chapecoense football team was among the 72 passengers and 9 crew on board the charter aircraft when it crashed around 10:15 p.m. on Monday. The Colombia’s civil aviation authority published a full passenger list on its Facebook page.
United for the last time, this is the Brazilian football team posing together in front of a passenger jet before their doomed flight crashed in Colombia, killing 76 on board
5 Big Sporting Disasters Due to Plane Crash
1)Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Air Disaster 2011
Disaster
struck on September 7, when a flight carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
professional ice hockey team, crashed near the Russian city of
Yaroslavl.
The aircraft stuck the tower mast after taking off from the runway and crashed near the Volga River Bank.
43
out of 45 passengers, including the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
professional ice hockey team died on the spot. One passenger passed away
five days later in the hospital.
2)Zambian National Football Team 1993
The
Military flight carrying the Zambian national football team, who were
on their way to 1994 World Cup qualification match in Senegal, crashed
on April 27, 1993.
All 30 passengers and crew, including 18 players, as well as the national team coach lost their lives in the accident.
There
was an engine problem noted during the plane's first stop in Congo, but
the flight continued and a few minutes after taking off from the
scheduled second stop in Gabon, one of the engines caught fire and
failed.
3)US Amateur Boxing Team 1980
A mechanical failure caused the Polish Airlines Flight to crash in Warsaw that saw 87 people on board lose their lives.
On
board were members of the 1980 US amateur boxing team, many of whom
were contenders to qualify for the 1980 US Olympic Boxing Team.
The USA subsequently boycotted the Moscow Olympics in 1980.
4)University of Evansville Basketball Team 1977
A chartered plane carrying the Evansville Basketball Team crashed in rain and fog near the Evansville Regional Airport.
Every member of the team and coaching staff on the plane was killed at the crash site.
After
investigation it was later revealed that the mishap took place due to
pilot error who forgot to remove the rudder and right aileron control
locks before takeoff.
5)Manchester United Football Team 1958
On
6 February, 1958, British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its
third attempt to take off from the runway at Munich Airport in West
Germany.
On board the plane was the Manchester United football
team, nicknamed the “Busby Babes”, along with a number of supporters and
journalists.
23 of the 44 people on board the aircraft died in
the crash including some of the most talented young footballers in the
world at that time.
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