Brazilian Soccer Team - Plane Crash
Nov 29, 2016 11:58:26 GMT -5
Post by CentreHice on Nov 29, 2016 11:58:26 GMT -5
Toronto Star
LA UNION, COLOMBIA—A chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team to the biggest match of its history crashed into a Colombian hillside and broke into pieces, killing 75 people and leaving six survivors, Colombian officials said Tuesday.
The British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane, operated by a charter airline with roots in Venezuela, declared an emergency and lost radar contact just before 10 p.m. Monday (10 a.m. EST Tuesday) because of an electrical failure, aviation authorities said.
The aircraft, which had departed from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, was carrying the up and coming Chapecoense soccer team from southern Brazil for Wednesday’s first leg of a two-game COPA Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional of Medellin.
“What was supposed to be a celebration has turned into a tragedy,” Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez said from the search and rescue command centre.
3 players stayed behind as they were suspended for the final. Lucky them...
Heard Chris Nilan read that since 1948, there have been 20 such plane crashes involving sports' teams. Not sure if that includes the bizarre Payne Stewart tragedy.
LA UNION, COLOMBIA—A chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team to the biggest match of its history crashed into a Colombian hillside and broke into pieces, killing 75 people and leaving six survivors, Colombian officials said Tuesday.
The British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane, operated by a charter airline with roots in Venezuela, declared an emergency and lost radar contact just before 10 p.m. Monday (10 a.m. EST Tuesday) because of an electrical failure, aviation authorities said.
The aircraft, which had departed from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, was carrying the up and coming Chapecoense soccer team from southern Brazil for Wednesday’s first leg of a two-game COPA Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional of Medellin.
“What was supposed to be a celebration has turned into a tragedy,” Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez said from the search and rescue command centre.
3 players stayed behind as they were suspended for the final. Lucky them...
Heard Chris Nilan read that since 1948, there have been 20 such plane crashes involving sports' teams. Not sure if that includes the bizarre Payne Stewart tragedy.