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The Chapecoense air disaster occurred when chartered LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashed on 28 November 2016 while transporting the Brazilian Chapecoense soccer team from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, to José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín, Colombia. The airliner, an Avro RJ85, was carrying a total of 77 people: 68 passengers, which included the soccer team, club officials, 21 journalists, and a crew of nine. The team was en route to play the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals against Colombian team Atlético Nacional. Six people survived the crash. The Colombian Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics opened an investigation into the incident with support from the British Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
Brazilian side will play their first fixture since the squad was wiped out in a plane crash
Rival fans hold simultaneous memorials for the Brazilian soccer team players killed in Monday's plane crash.
Rival fans hold simultaneous memorials for the Brazilian soccer team players killed in Monday's plane crash.
The pilot of a plane that crashed in the Colombian mountains, killing 71 people, radioed the control tower in a panic to report he had run out of fuel, according to a recording aired Wednesday by Colombian media.
The pilot of a plane that crashed in the Colombian mountains, killing 71 people, radioed the control tower in a panic to report he had run out of fuel, according to a recording aired Wednesday by Colombian media.
An aircraft with 81 people aboard, including Brazilian football team Chapecoense, crashed on its way to Medellin’s international airport, and rescuers are moving survivors from the site.
An aircraft with 81 people aboard, including Brazilian football team Chapecoense, crashed on its way to Medellin’s international airport, and rescuers are moving survivors from the site.