Cape Town - Three players from Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team have survived a plane crash in Colombia that killed 76 people, Colombian authorities said on Tuesday.
Players Alan Luciano Ruschel, Marcos Danilo Padilha and Jacson Ragnar Follmann were listed as survivors in a statement from the disaster management agency.
Passengers Rafael Correa Gobbato and Ximena Suarez also survived.
All five were being treated at hospitals near the crash site.
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