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Cape Town - A charter plane carrying a Brazilian football team crashed in the mountains in Colombia late on Monday, killing 76 people, officials said. They said five survived the disaster.
The LAMIA airlines charter declared an emergency at around 22:00 local time (05:00 GMT on Tuesday), reporting it had suffered "electrical failures," and crashed a short time later near the city of Medellin, officials said.
The plane was carrying members of Chapecoense Real, a Brazilian football club which was to have played in the Copa Sudamericana finals on Wednesday against Atletico Nacional of Colombia.
Of the five survivors, three players, Alan Luciano Ruschel, Marcos Danilo Padilha and Jacson Ragnar Follmann are among the five survivors.
Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and the Argentina national team were travelling on the same doomed plane just 18 days ago.
The football world has paid tribute to the Brazilian team with many football organisations, teams and players sharing a recent video of the team celebrating a victory and also paying their respects.
WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW:
Así celebranban los jugadores y el equipo de Chapecoense hace unos días su clasificación a la final: pic.twitter.com/moOC7ZZweO
— Andres Felipe Arcos (@AndresFelipe) November 29, 2016
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— Neymar Jr (@neymarjr) November 29, 2016
The thoughts of everyone at Manchester United are with @ChapecoenseReal & all those affected by the tragedy in Colombia.#ForçaChapecoense pic.twitter.com/EUjAnJQkaB
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) November 29, 2016
Minute's silence for the victims of the plane crash in Colombia.https://t.co/CzeDgeynuD#RealMadrid pic.twitter.com/9auFteNzOf
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden) November 29, 2016
Sad news to wake up to today. Thoughts are with @ChapecoenseReal and their family and friends.
— Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney) November 29, 2016
