76 People Have Been Confirmed Dead As Plane Carrying Chapecoense Crashes In Colombia
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A plane carrying Brazilian club Chapecoense to the Copa Sudamericana final crashed in Colombia on Monday night, leaving 76 dead and only five survivors.
The plane was chattered in Bolivia from a small airline. The cause of the crash has not been confirmed yet though initial report claimed the plane ran out of fuel.
"A Lamia aircraft coming from Bolivia with registration CP2933 RJ 80 had an accident in Cerro El Gordo, nearby La Union, Antioquia, with 72 passengers and nine crew members on board, who were with the Brazilian team Chapecoense," read a statement from Colombian aviation governing body Aerocivil as news first broke. "Organisations are currently attending to the situation and are taking injured to different medical facilities in the region."
According to South American media reports, emergency crews transported some of the injured to La Ceja Hospital shortly after the crash, while Telemedellin reported that the San Vicente Hospital was preparing to treat some of those wounded.
A press release sent out by the Jose Maria Cordova airport said that authorities were working to rescue at least six survivors. General Jose Acevedo Ossa, chief of police in Antioquia, later announced that 75 of the 81 passengers had been confirmed dead, before one of the six rescued passed away while doctors attempted to save them.
A plane carrying Brazilian club Chapecoense to the Copa Sudamericana final crashed in Colombia on Monday night, leaving 76 dead and only five survivors.
The plane was chattered in Bolivia from a small airline. The cause of the crash has not been confirmed yet though initial report claimed the plane ran out of fuel.
"A Lamia aircraft coming from Bolivia with registration CP2933 RJ 80 had an accident in Cerro El Gordo, nearby La Union, Antioquia, with 72 passengers and nine crew members on board, who were with the Brazilian team Chapecoense," read a statement from Colombian aviation governing body Aerocivil as news first broke. "Organisations are currently attending to the situation and are taking injured to different medical facilities in the region."
According to South American media reports, emergency crews transported some of the injured to La Ceja Hospital shortly after the crash, while Telemedellin reported that the San Vicente Hospital was preparing to treat some of those wounded.
A press release sent out by the Jose Maria Cordova airport said that authorities were working to rescue at least six survivors. General Jose Acevedo Ossa, chief of police in Antioquia, later announced that 75 of the 81 passengers had been confirmed dead, before one of the six rescued passed away while doctors attempted to save them.
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