Three days of mourning have been declared in Brazil in connection with the death of the football players. A plane carrying football players crashed in Colombia: all the details. What happened to the Brazilian national team plane

What happened?

In Colombia, not far from Medellin, a plane carrying 72 passengers crashed, including football players from the Brazilian club Chapecoense, who were to take part in the first final match of the Copa Sudamericana against the Colombian Atlético Nacional.

Right now, 25 people are known to have died. Famous full list people who got on board - in addition to the football players and the plane crew (there were 9 crew members), there were the heads of Chapecoense, the coaching staff, technical staff, journalists and honored guests.

What team crashed?

Chapecoense is a little-known team in Russia; people familiar to our fans do not play for it. In 2014, Chapecoense entered the Brazilian Serie A for the first time since the 1970s. This fall, for the first time in history, the club reached the final of the Copa Sudamericana, which is the equivalent of the Europa League in South America.

How did this happen?

Citing Colombian sources, Brazil's Globo writes that the plane lost contact with the ground shortly after midnight and crashed shortly before its scheduled arrival. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the pilots as the plane flew over the cities of La Ceja and Aberhorral. The missing plane took off at 15:35 local time from Sao Paulo and landed in Eastern Bolivia, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

The first photographs have already been received from the scene.

Why did this happen?

The mayor of the city of La Ceja, Elkin Ospina, said that the cause of the plane crash was a lack of fuel. Another version, in an official release from aviation authorities, states that the plane crashed due to an electrical failure.

What was the team flying on?

Chapecoense was flying on a charter aircraft CP-2933. At the beginning of the month, the Argentina national team flew on it.

An Air Force colonel assures that the plane did not explode during the fall, which gives hope for finding more survivors. At the same time, according to unconfirmed information, the plane split in half when it fell.

What do they say at the scene?

More than 90 rescuers from the surrounding towns of La Union, Rionegro, El Carmen de Vibroal and La Ceja are working on the rescue operation at Medellin airport. Heavy rain complicates the situation. A state of emergency has been declared in the city, and Air Force helicopters are searching for surviving passengers. "It's difficult to find survivors because it's a wooded area," said Hugo Botero Lopez, the mayor of La Union.

“We are working with local authorities in connection with the emergency situation that occurred with the Chapecoense plane,” the airport tweeted.

What do they write in Brazil?

Chapecoense published a short message on official page on Facebook: “Given the conflicting reports coming from different journalistic sources regarding the crash of the plane carrying Chapecoense players, we refrain from commenting and await official statements from the Colombian air authorities. May God be with our athletes, leaders, journalists and other members of the delegation.”

Are there any survivors?

Yes. Defender Alan Ruskel, who was rescued from the wreckage of the plane, has already been taken to the La Ceja hospital. It is reported that Alan has multiple broken bones, hips, and lacerations to the head. The second survivor is Chapecoense goalkeeper Danilo Padilla. It’s surprising that before the flight, Ruskel posted a photo of himself on Instagram - just with Danilo. Jackson Vollmann was taken to the hospital.

Another survivor who has already been taken to the hospital is flight attendant Jimena Suarez.

The 23rd Chapecoense player was supposed to be on board, but at the last moment he was cut off from the squad. His name has not yet been announced.

Information will be updated.

An Avro RJ85 plane with a Brazilian football team on board crashed in Colombia. Colombian authorities have confirmed that the plane carrying the Brazilian football team did indeed crash. According to the latest data, there were 81 people on board: 72 passengers and nine crew members.

More detailed information Representatives of the Jose Maria Cordoba airport in the city of Medellin, where the airliner was supposed to land, are sharing information about the crash. It was in this city that the Chapecoense and Nacional clubs were supposed to play the first match of the final of the Copa Sudamericana (the Latin American equivalent of the Europa League, in which Zenit and Krasnodar are currently participating).

“We confirm that the aircraft with registration number CP2933 was delivering the Chapecoense football team. There are likely survivors (from the crash),” the terminal administration said in a statement.

It is reported that there are 10 people among the survivors of the disaster. However, this is unofficial information for now - the information is constantly updated. The Tsargrad editorial office is monitoring the investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy online.

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16:36 Fans outside the Chapecoense stadium hold a spontaneous rally to offer words of support to those who lost loved ones in the plane crash. There are tears in the eyes of many gathered.

16:00 Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telegram to the President of Brazil, conveyed words of sympathy to the families and friends of those killed in the crash of the airliner with Brazilian football players in Colombia, the Kremlin press service reports.

15:35 Shortly before the crash, the football players took a photo with the pilot of the plane.

14:45 Goalkeeper Chapecoense Marcos Danilo died in hospital, local media reported.

14:23 Another survivor has been recovered from the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Colombia. Rescued - player of the Chapecoense club Helio Zampier Neto, was rushed to the hospital.

13:45 Brazil has declared mourning after a plane carrying a football team crashed.

13:30 Colombian authorities confirmed that three Chapecoense players survived the crash - Alan Ruschel, Marcos Danilo and Jackson Folman. According to Reuters, flight attendant Jimena Suarez and plane passenger Rafael Correa Gobbato are also considered to have survived.

12:41 Medellin police chief Jose Acevedo said the death toll had risen to 76.

12:33 The first photos from hospitals where victims of the airliner crash in Colombia are being taken appear online.

Chapecoense defender Alan Ruschel
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12:30 The Daily Mail reports that the Chapecoense players were supposed to fly on a different plane. They replaced the board literally at the last moment

12:25 Among the passengers on the plane that crashed in Colombia was Anderson Paixau, son former coach CSKA Moscow for physical training Paulo Paixau.

12:16 Colombian FC Nacional expressed its condolences to Chapecoense.

12:10 The search can continue when rescuers can work in natural light, emergency officials told local media.

12:00 Eyewitnesses publish the first video from the crash site in Colombia.

11:40 The last minutes before boarding the crashed plane - the football players of the Brazilian club are discussing the upcoming final match.

11:39 Paraguayan publications report a temporary suspension of rescue and search operations due to bad weather conditions.

11:35 Firefighters, analyzing the circumstances of the plane crash, insist: the pilot’s decision to use up all the fuel saved the lives of passengers and crew. If the fuel had remained, there could have been an explosion - in this case, no one would have been able to escape.

11:30 The Kuban football club expressed its condolences to all the families and friends of the players, coaches and staff, as well as the fans of the Brazilian Chapecoense in connection with the plane crash.

11:27 The scene of the plane crash from the air - emergency services continue to dismantle the wreckage of the plane.

11:25 Meanwhile, users in in social networks share a touching video - that’s exactly how players "Chapecoense" celebrated their reaching the final of the South American Cup - just recently everyone was alive and well.

11:20 Due to the plane crash Brazilian Football Federation decided to postpone the final matches indefinitely. Currently, an option is being considered in which "Chapecoense" And "Nacional" will field their youth squads for the games.

11:18 The mayor of the city of La Ceja, located near the site of the plane crash, names three possible reasons, among them - lack of fuel, technical problems with the aircraft and weather conditions.

11:17 Video reconstruction of the flight of the crashed plane.

11:14 According to RCN radio, Alan Ruschel was admitted to the hospital with numerous fractures and head wounds. At the same time, the defender’s condition is assessed as stable.

11:06 Surviving football players Alan Ruschel(left) and Danilo Marcos Padilla sat next to each other during the terrible flight. A few minutes before takeoff, they shared a photo together on social networks.

11:03 According to updated information, there were 22 football players among the passengers of the plane that crashed in Colombia. The mayor of La Ceja speaks of the deaths of 25-27 people flying on the crashed plane. The rest are either considered missing or among the victims.

11:00 President of Atlético Nacional Juan Carlos de La Cuesta claims that Chapecoense used the same plane on which the Argentina national football team had previously flown to Belo Horizonte for a 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Brazil.

10:55 CONMEBOL has suspended matches due to the disaster in Colombia.

10:46 24 year old goalkeeper Ragnar Folman- the fourth player of the Brazilian club to survive the disaster.

10:40 The third survivor of the plane crash in Colombia is the 31-year-old goalkeeper of the Chapecoense club. Danilo Marcos Padilla.

10:37 Another person injured in the Avro RJ85 crash has been named. This is the flight attendant Jimena Suarez.

10:35 According to some data, not five, but 13 or even 15 people survived the disaster. At the same time, official sources have not yet announced such data. The fire captain only noted that there were “many casualties” as a result of the plane crash.

10:27 The Colombian army was involved in rescue efforts at the crash site. Military helicopters should help transport survivors. On this moment Only six of the 81 people on board were found alive.

10:25 President of CONMEBOL Alejandro Dominguez has already taken off to the crash site. Dominguez is known to us for playing Russian clubs"Zenit" and "Rubin". In his homeland he is a true football legend.

10:20 Photos of passengers of the ill-fated Avro RJ85 airliner before the last takeoff appear on the Internet. The whole team is assembled coaching staff, apparently, in the forefront. No one can imagine how the planned flight as part of the South American Cup championship will end.

10:16 Chapecoense fans are ready to take the first flight to the scene of the tragedy to help emergency services representatives search for the bodies of the dead and provide assistance to the injured.

10:14 The fire captain confirms that there are many casualties as a result of the plane crash. There is still hope that more than just the six we already know survived.

10:11 The first wounded person to arrive at the Brovi hospital was a 27-year-old Alan Ruschel, Chapecoense defender, wearing number 10. Doctors are doing everything possible to bring the athlete out of shock. The player's injuries have not yet been reported.

10:10 According to the official press release, the cause of the plane crash was an electrical fault.

10:08 Colombian FC Nacional expressed its condolences to Chapecoense. Meanwhile, users on social networks share photographs of football players - happy smiles of young guys in moments of victory on the field.

10:05 Weather conditions significantly complicate the actions of rescuers at the scene. At the same time, medics are waiting for the four surviving players and a flight attendant to arrive. Information about the identities of the survivors is broadcast by local media with reference to their own sources.

10:03 Experts were able to reconstruct the flight path of the crashed Avro RJ85.

10:00 Football players from the Brazilian club Chapecoense were heading to a game in the South American Cup. The athletes were accompanied by journalists. It is not yet known who exactly survived the crash.

09:53 Avro RJ85, which crashed in the province of Antioquia in the La Union area, broke into two parts. According to Colonel Bonilla from civil aviation, the passengers were able to escape only because there was no explosion as a result of the crash.

09:48 According to sources at various levels, the plane signaled low fuel levels shortly before the crash.

09:40 Portal MiOriente: The plane crashed due to lack of fuel. There was no collision.

09:30 Information about 10 survivors is confirmed. It is voiced by the fire department working at the scene of an emergency.

09:07 The first photos from the scene of the tragedy began to appear on social networks almost immediately after the crash was reported. There has been no information yet about the causes of the disaster.

Almost the entire main team of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense, heading to the Colombian Medellin for the first final match of the Copa Sudamericana with Atlético Nacional, died in a plane crash that occurred on Tuesday night over Colombian territory. There were 81 people on board, including Chapecoense players, team support staff, journalists and crew members. However, by some miracle, five of them managed to survive. This may help to quickly determine the causes of the tragedy. At the moment, there are two main versions: electronics failure and fuel exhaustion.


Catastrophe


On Monday night, about 30 km from Medellin, a BAe 146 plane of the Bolivian airline LaMia crashed. There were a total of 81 people on board, including almost the entire core team of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense, which was heading to Medellin, where the first final match of the Copa Sudamericana (the second most important club tournament in South America after the Copa Libertadores) was scheduled for December 1. in which the Brazilians had to confront the Colombian Atlético Nacional. In addition to the players, coaches and members of the team's support staff, there were also 21 journalists and nine crew members on board.

According to Colombian authorities, at approximately 22:00 local time, the crew of the ship, at that time located at an altitude of approximately 4,500 m, issued a distress signal. He soon disappeared from radar. The rescuers, taking into account the circumstances, in particular the fact that the plane crashed in a mountainous and wooded area, as well as the fact that there was heavy rain in the crash zone, managed to arrive at the scene of the disaster quite quickly. It soon became clear that there were survivors of the plane crash. Among them were two team goalkeepers - Danilo and Jackson Follman, defenders Alan Ruschel and Elihu Zampier, as well as one of the journalists and a flight attendant.

The presence of survivors of the disaster allows us to hope that the investigation into the causes of the tragedy will proceed faster than usual. At the moment, Colombian authorities have practically ruled out the possibility of pilot error. This is prompted by the fact that the crew, even before the plane disappeared from the radar, managed to report that the plane’s electronic equipment was failing. In addition, a flight attendant who survived the crash reported that the flight was normal, but at some point all four engines stopped working at once. In his opinion, it looked like the plane simply ran out of fuel.

Note that the BAe 146 that crashed was produced in 1999. It has been in operation by LaMia Airlines since 2013, and during this time this particular aircraft regularly carried out transportation football teams, including the Argentina national team or the same Atlético Nacional. At the airport in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz, from where he was traveling (Brazilian aviation authorities did not give the Bolivian company permission to fly a charter flight to Colombia, citing the fact that such flights should be carried out by either Brazilian or Colombian carriers), they said that the pre-flight inspection did not reveal no problem.

After news of the disaster became known, Brazilian authorities declared three days of mourning in the country. In turn, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has canceled all matches played under its auspices until further notice. Of course, this also applies to the finals of the South American Cup, which now definitely will not take place. Well, it is possible that Chapecoense will be declared the winner. At least, the management of Atlético Nacional already made such a proposal yesterday.

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In Colombia, not far from Medellin, a plane carrying 72 passengers crashed, including football players from the Brazilian club Chapecoense, who were to take part in the first final match of the Copa Sudamericana against the Colombian Atlético Nacional.

Right now, 75 people are known to have died. The full list of people who got on board is known - in addition to the football players and the plane crew (there were 9 crew members), there were also Chapecoense executives, coaching staff, technical staff, journalists and honored guests. Among the passengers was the son of Paulo Paixao, a former CSKA physical training coach.

What team crashed?

Chapecoense is a little-known team in Russia; it does not have players familiar to our fans. Chapecoense languished at the bottom of Serie D for a long time, left it in 2009, and in 7 years reached the final of the Copa Sudamericana. This fall, Chapecoense reached such a high point for the first time in history. The match in Colombia was supposed to be the most important in the club's history...

How did this happen?

Citing Colombian sources, Brazil's Globo reported that the plane lost contact with the ground shortly after midnight and crashed 30 km before its planned arrival. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the pilots as the plane flew over the cities of La Ceja and Aberhorral. The missing plane took off at 15:35 local time from Sao Paulo and landed in Eastern Bolivia, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The plane crashed in the city of La Union, 30 km from Medellin.

It did not explode, largely thanks to the efforts of the crew - the pilots knew that the plane was running out of fuel and circled over the area. If not for this, an explosion would have been inevitable.

The first photographs have already been received from the scene.

Why did this happen?

Mayor of La Ceja Elkin Ospina stated that the cause of the plane crash was a lack of fuel. Another version, in the official release of the aviation authorities, states that the plane crashed due to an electronics failure.

What was the team flying on?

Chapecoense was flying on a charter aircraft CP-2933. At the beginning of the month, the Argentina national team flew on it.

During the fall, the plane split in half. It is important that SR-2933 has already suffered 10 plane crashes, most of them during landing.

What do they say at the scene?

The rescue operation at Medellin airport is being carried out by more than 90 rescuers from the nearby cities of La Union, Rionegro, El Carmen de Vibroal and La Ceja. Heavy rain complicates the situation. A state of emergency has been declared in the city, and Air Force helicopters are searching for surviving passengers. “It’s hard to find survivors, it’s a wooded area,” he says Hugo Botero Lopez, Mayor of La Union.

“We are working with local authorities in connection with the emergency situation that occurred with the Chapecoense aircraft,” the airport wrote on Twitter.

What do they write in Brazil?

Chapecoense posted a short message on their official Facebook page: “Given the conflicting reports coming from different journalistic sources regarding the crash of the plane carrying Chapecoense players, we refrain from commenting and await official statements from the Colombian air authorities. May God be with our athletes, leaders, journalists and other members of the delegation.”
Flamengo's official Twitter account added the Chapecoense logo to its avatar and wrote: "The whole nation is with you."

Are there any survivors?

Yes. Defender taken to La Ceja hospital Alan Ruschel, rescued from the wreckage of the plane. It is reported that Alan has multiple broken bones, hips, and lacerations to the head. At the hospital, he asked the doctors to keep his wedding ring and inquired about the condition of his loved ones. His wife, Amanda Ruschel, wrote on Instagram: "Thank God Alan is in hospital in a stable condition."

The second survivor is the Chapecoense goalkeeper. Danilo Padilla. It’s surprising that before the flight, Rushel posted a photo of himself on Instagram - just with Danilo. Third - Jackson Vollmann. WITH serious injury Head defender Neto was hospitalized.

Another survivor already taken to the hospital is a flight attendant. Jimena Suarez.

Another 9 Chapecoense players, according to Globo Esporte, did not fly to the match and escaped the plane crash.

A plane carrying 72 passengers, including football players from the Brazilian club Chapecoense, crashed in Colombia, Univision TV channel reported.

According to the TV channel, in addition to passengers, there were nine crew members on board the liner.

The portal Mi Oriente writes that the plane crashed in Cerro Gordo (municipality of La Union) due to lack of fuel.

“We are working with local authorities in connection with the emergency situation that occurred with the aircraft of (the football club - ed.) Chapecoense,” said a statement published on Twitter by Colombia’s Jose Maria Cordova Airport.

According to ABC World News, rescuers have so far found six survivors at the crash site.

The airport administration also notes that access to the accident site is limited due to “climatic conditions.” According to preliminary data, several people were able to escape.

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The players flew to the Colombian city of Medellin to participate in the final match of the Copa Sudamericana against Atlético Nacional.

The plane with the crew was supposed to land at José Maria Cordova airport in Rionegro.

Six out of 81 people survived plane crash in Colombia

Six out of 81 people survived a plane crash in Colombia, AFP reports.

Earlier it was reported that the plane carrying players of the Brazilian club Chapecoense crashed in Colombia. The accident reportedly occurred in the province of Antioquia in the La Union region.

According to Univision TV channel, there were 72 passengers and 9 crew members on board. The players were heading to the Colombian city of Medellin to participate in the first final match of the Copa Sudamericana.

The first images from the plane crash site in Colombia have been published

The plane crashed in a mountainous area. There were 81 people on board: 72 passengers and nine crew members.

It was also previously reported that a low fuel level signal was sent from the plane. The pilots planned to make an emergency landing at the nearest airport, but were unable to make it.

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