Photo The Brazilian soccer player Alan Ruschel arriving at a hospital in La Ceja Colombia on Tuesday after surviving a plane crash. Credit Luis Eduardo Noriega A./European Pressphoto Agency Seventy-six people died when a chartered plane carrying members of a Brazilian soccer club crashed on the outskirts of Medellín Colombia the authorities said early Tuesday.Five of the 81 people onboard survived the crash according to Brig. Gen. José Gerardo Acevedo the police commander for the area surrounding Medellín news agencies reported.Colombia s civil aviation agency said the flight was operated by a small airline LaMia and carried the soccer club Chapecoense de Brasil. The team was traveling from Bolivia to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana tournament when the plane crashed about 10 p.m. on Monday.The aircraft was carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members according to a statement issued by the Medellín airport. The search was being hampered by low visibility and the rescue crews difficulty in reaching the site.The authorities said the plane had reported electrical problems as it flew near the towns of La Ceja and La Unión in the mountainous stretches around Medellín.The South American Football Confederation said it had suspended the Copa Sudamericana and the group s president is heading to Medellín. Photo Players from the Chapecoense de Brasil soccer team on Thursday before the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana semifinal. Credit Nelson Almeida/Agence France-Presse Getty Images The Colombian station Blu Radio citing an interview it conducted with Alfredo Bocanegra Colombia s civil aviation director said the plane had declared an emergency as it approached Medellín. The plane was given priority to land before air traffic controllers lost contact with it.Federico Gutiérrez the mayor of Medellín told Blu Radio that emergency support with firefighters ambulances and the hospital network had been activated.Members of Chapecoense a soccer club from the southern Brazilian city of Chapecó were flying to Colombia for the first match of a two-leg final in the Copa Sudamericana a second-tier championship for South American clubs.That match against Colombia s Atlético Nacional was scheduled for Wednesday in Medellín. Chapecoense beat San Lorenzo the Argentine club that counts Pope Francis as a fan in the semifinals and clubs like Colombia s Atlético Junior and Argentina s Independiente along the way.The club founded in 1973 had in recent years clawed its way to what is effectively the top tier and its play in Copa Sudamericana this tournament had been its high-water mark. Andrew Das and Randal C. Archibold contributed reporting. Continue reading the main story
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http://hwbot.org/user/speedssds/ Colombian news site said defender Zampier Neto also survived as officials say they have not given up hope of finding more. Noticias Caracol (@NoticiasCaracol) #LoÚltimo El sexto sobreviviente es el defensor Zampier Neto quien está siendo trasladado a un centro médico https://t.co/tZAAojZ1dQ pic.twitter.com/OwMH4wB6tb November 29 2016 UNGRD (@UNGRD) Se confirma el rescate de un 6to sobreviviente que está siendo evacuado. No se descarta posibilidad de encontrar más personas con vida. November 29 2016 Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 11.02am GMT 11:02 Tom Phillips Questions are already being asked in Brazil about why the Chapecoense team were on the flight from Bolivia to Colombia in the first place writes Tom Phillips. The UOL Esporte website is reporting that Chapecoense officials had sought to charter a direct flight to Medellin from Brazil but that the club had its request rejected by Brazil s civil aviation authority Anac. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 10.50am GMT 10:50 Tom Bryant Three Chapecoense players who did not travel to Colombia have been pictured in a state of shock in the club s changing room. Invictos (@InvictosSomos) Desolación total en el vestuario de Chapecoense. Los jugadores que no hicieron el viaje devastados. Qué jornada tan jodida. pic.twitter.com/acgTMar1oC November 29 2016 Updated at 11.09am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 10.45am GMT 10:45 Three players survived Colombian authorities confirm Three Chapecoense players survived the crash the Colombian authorities have confirmed to Reuters. Alan Luciano Ruschel Marcos Danilo Padilha and Jakson Ragnar Follmann were listed as survivors in a statement from the disaster management agency. Passengers Rafael Corrêa Gobbato and Ximena Suárez also survived. All five were being treated at hospitals near the crash site. Updated at 11.08am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 10.37am GMT 10:37 Sam Jones Spanish football clubs have been offering their condolences to the families of those involved in the crash writes Sam Jones in Madrid. Deeply shaken by the accident involving the plane in which @ChapecoenseReal and our former player Cléber Santana were travelling tweeted Atlético Madrid. Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti) Conmocionados por el accidente del avión en el que viajaba el @ChapecoenseReal y nuestro exjugador Cléber Santana. November 29 2016 Our condolences to the families of those who died in the @ChapecoenseReal plane accident. May they rest in peace. Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti) Nuestras condolencias a los familiares de los fallecidos en el accidente de avión del @ChapecoenseReal. Descansen en paz. November 29 2016 FC Barcelona tweeted: All our support and solidarity to the victims and families affected by the @ChapecoenseReal tragedy in Colombia. FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) Todo nuestro apoyo y solidaridad con las víctimas y los familiares afectados por la tragedia del @ChapecoenseReal en Colombia November 29 2016 Updated at 11.05am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 10.34am GMT 10:34 Tom Phillips Brazil s president Michel Temer has offered support and sympathy to the families of those killed. I express my solidarity at this sad time when dozens of Brazilian families have been affected by tragedy he tweeted. We are offering every form of help and assistance that we can to the families. The air force and foreign ministry have been put to work. Michel Temer (@MichelTemer) Estamos colocando todos meios para auxiliar familiares e dar toda a assistência possível. A aeronáutica e o Itamaraty já foram acionados. November 29 2016 Updated at 11.04am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 10.28am GMT 10:28 Tom Phillips Raimundo Colombo the governor of Santa Catarina where the Chapecoense team is based has issued a statement expressing his profound regret. Colombo noted that Chapecoense were not only representing the city of Chapecó and the state of Santa Catarina but were also making history as the first club from the region to reach the final of an international competition. He said he was in state of shock and expressed his solidarity with the families of the players club officials and journalists who formed the delegation at what is a time of great pain for the sporting community in Santa Catarina and in Brazil . Nivaldo a Brazilian goalkeeper who has been at the club since 2006 but did not travel to Colombia told the UOL Esporte website that he was woken at 5am this morning by a phonecall from a worried friend who wanted to know if he was on the flight. Nivaldo said he had tried to call his teammates and other club staff who were on the plane but that nobody picked up the phone. The wife of one Brazilian survivor has used Instagram to express her relief. Amanda Ruschel who is married to Alan Ruschel the first player to be taken to hospital posted an image of the player alongside the message: Thank God Alan is in the hospital stable. We are praying for all of those who were not yet rescued and offer our support to all their relatives. This is a complicated difficult situation. Only God himself can give us strength. Thank you God. Graças a Deus o Alan está no hospital estado estável. Estamos orando por todos que ainda não foram socorridos e força para todos os familiares. Situação complicado difícil. Só Deus para dar força mesmo. obrigada Deus A photo posted by Amanda Ruschel (@moa_ruschel) on Nov 29 2016 at 12:33am PST Updated at 11.04am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 10.13am GMT 10:13 The five survivors were the three players Danilo Jakson Follman and Alan Rushel plus the journalist Rafael Henzel and crew member Ximena Suárez according Martin Mazur for El Grafico. Martin Mazur (@martinmazur) Survivors are 5: footballers Danilo Follmann Alan Rushel journalist Rafael Henzel and crew member Ximena Suárez. https://t.co/mcxKWfsGql November 29 2016 Updated at 10.25am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 10.03am GMT 10:03 Sam Jones The Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas who plays for the Portuguese club Porto is among many in the football world who have expressed their sympathies. My condolences on the crash of the plane carrying Chapecoense. A tough moment for football. Be strong and brave he wrote on Twitter. Iker Casillas (@IkerCasillas) Mis condolencias por el accidente de avión en el que viajaba el @ChapecoenseReal. Momento duro para el fútbol! Mucho ánimo y fuerza! pic.twitter.com/8mVTZaETu3 November 29 2016 Meanwhile Chapecoense fans have been gathering at the team s stadium. DC Esportes (@esportesdc) Torcedores da Chapecoense choram na sede do clube pic.twitter.com/otmhfs5dBE November 29 2016 Updated at 10.12am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 9.50am GMT 09:50 21 journalists were among 81 on board reports say Jose Gerardo Acevedo a regional police commander has confirmed the death toll and the number of survivors. Six people were rescued alive but unfortunately one died. The rest of the occupants unfortunately died. The tragic toll is 76 victims he told reporters. Officials told local media that bodies would be removed once the sun rose according to Reuters. Brazilian news organisations reported that 21 journalists had been on board. Brazilian TV channels Globonews and SporTV identified the surviving players as defender Alan Ruschel goalkeeper Danilo and reserve goalkeeper Jakson Follmann. It was not immediately possible to confirm names of the other survivors. Updated at 10.06am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 9.45am GMT 09:45 Here s what we know so far: A charter plane carrying 81 people including 22 players from the Brazilian football club Chapecoense crashed in Cerro Gordo Colombia. Police say 76 people were killed and five survived. One of the dead survived the crash but died in hospital. Three members of the team are among the surivors according to unconfirmed reports. They are Danilo a 31-year-old goalkeeper; Alan Ruschel who was being treated for very severe injuries; and Jakson Follmann. The plane was given priority to land but didn t reach the airport according to Alfredo Bocanegra the head of Colombia s civil aviation authority. It lost contact with ground controllers around midnight. The plane was en route from Bolivia to Medellín airport in Colombia where the team was due to play in the Copa Americana. Bad weather is hampering rescue efforts but an estimated 90 emergency services workers are now at the crash site. Football teams across Brazil have been praying for the Chapecoense club. The mayor of Medellín said the crash was a tragedy of huge proportions . Updated at 10.08am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 9.31am GMT 09:31 Death toll confirmed as 76 by Colombian police Sam Jones Colombian police have now said 76 people died in the crash. One of the six survivors died in hospital police told Radio Caracol. Updated at 10.07am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 9.28am GMT 09:28 Colombian police have also confirmed there were 5 survivors. It said the rest of passengers were killed AP reports. That leaves just one of those on board unaccounted for. There have been unconfirmed reports that a female member of the crew also survived. Updated at 9.55am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 9.25am GMT 09:25 Sam Jones Colombian officials have confirmed that 75 people died in the crash writes Sam Jones. Commander José Gerardo Acevedo of Medellín police said that 75 people died in the accident involving the team. Int Jose Ma. Cordova (@AeroMedellinRNG) Comandante Jose Gerardo Acevedo de @PoliciaMedellin confirma que fallecieron 75 personas en accidente con el equipo @ChapecoenseReal November 29 2016 Updated at 9.53am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 9.19am GMT 09:19 What we know so far video bulletin Here s a video report rounding up all that we know so far about the crash. Plane carrying Brazil s Chapecoense football team crashes in Colombia video report Updated at 9.52am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 9.18am GMT 09:18 Video has emerged on Twitter purporting to show the Chapecoense team celebrating the win that sent them to the first leg of Copa Sudamericana final against the Colombian side Atlético Nacional. Andres Felipe Arcos (@AndresFelipe) Así celebraban los integrantes de #Chapecoense hace unos días su paso a la final que jugarían contra @nacionaloficial. Q.E.P.D. pic.twitter.com/dmklqq7raY November 29 2016 Updated at 9.51am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 9.12am GMT 09:12 Colombian civil aviation authorities have not confirmed the police official s statement that up 75 are feared dead. But they have said a high death toll is undeniable according to Reuters. Updated at 9.51am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 8.58am GMT 08:58 The Brazilian football confederation said in a statement that it was praying for the passengers and crew. Updated at 9.49am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 8.52am GMT 08:52 Up to 75 people are feared to have died according to a Medellín police official. Pablo Medina Uribe (@derpoltergeist) It looks very bleak according to Medellín Police Gral. José Acevedo: We think there are 75 dead https://t.co/y76jZCvGEn #Chapecoense November 29 2016 Updated at 9.49am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 8.50am GMT 08:50 Heavy rain is reported to have forced rescue workers to suspend their search until dawn. Pablo Medina Uribe (@derpoltergeist) Heavy rains have started again. It s now being reported rescue efforts will be suspended until after sunrise https://t.co/sgpBm83yNh November 29 2016 Reuters has more: Rescue operations at the site of a plane crash in central Colombia were suspended in the early hours of Tuesday morning amid heavy rain Medellín airport said. Authorities were looking for survivors after an aircraft with 81 people aboard including players from Brazil s Chapecoense football team crashed late on Monday. Search and rescue of the crashed Chapecoense plane is suspended because of heavy rain in the accident area Medellín airport where the plane had been set to land said on Twitter. Updated at 9.49am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 8.44am GMT 08:44 Sam Jones The plane was given priority to land but did not reach the airport according to Alfredo Bocanegra the head of Colombia s civil aviation authority. Speaking to Blu Radio he said: The plane reported an emergency on approach. It was given priority to land but then contact was lost. It is unclear why the plane failed to make the runway. One unconfirmed report said it ran out of fuel; another said there was an electrical fault. Updated at 9.43am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 8.37am GMT 08:37 AFP: Five survivors 25 bodies recovered Agence France-Presse is reporting that five people survived the crash. Citing an official it also says 25 bodies have been recovered from the crashed plane. AFP news agency (@AFP) #BREAKING 25 bodies recovered from Colombia air crash five rescued alive: official November 29 2016 Updated at 9.42am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 8.34am GMT 08:34 At least 25 killed mayor says Sam Jones At least 25 people are now feared to have died in the accident according to the mayor of La Ceja. Elkin Ospina told Blu Radio: It seems certain that quite a large number of people have died; they re talking about 25 to 27 dead. Updated at 9.42am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 8.31am GMT 08:31 Sam Jones Colombia s civil aviation authority has published a full passenger list on its Facebook page writes Sam Jones. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 8.29am GMT 08:29 Images have been published on Colombian media appearing to show substantial parts of the crashed plane. MiOriente (@MiOriente) Así quedó el avión del equipo de fútbol Chapecoense accidentado en La Unión. pic.twitter.com/syhP4R3qVw November 29 2016 MiOriente (@MiOriente) Imagen del accidente aéreo en La Unión. pic.twitter.com/kRGOuK62Kv November 29 2016 Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 8.16am GMT 08:16 Tom Phillips The Estado de Sao Paulo one of Brazil s top broadsheets has more details on those travelling on the plane writes Tom Phillips. It says Mário Sérgio Pontes de Paiva a well-known figure in the world of football was among those on board. Paiva best known in Brazil as Mário Sérgio played and managed top clubs such as Corinthians Atlético Mineiro Botafogo São Paulo and Palmeiras and had been working as a football commentator in Brazil for Fox Sports having retired from the game. Updated at 8.24am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 8.15am GMT 08:15 Sam
https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/users/peopl-epod-u-segmail-com/ Jones The online Spanish newspaper El Español has a bit more on the known survivors writes Sam Jones. It confirms that Chapecoense player Alan Ruschel was the first survivor of the crash to be taken to hospital. It says Ruschel 27 arrived by ambulance at a hospital in La Ceja. Shortly afterwards a female crew member arrived and is said to be in a stable condition. The third survivor is reported to be one of the team s goalkeepers Danilo. Updated at 8.25am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 8.12am GMT 08:12 The Colombian news site MiOriente has footage of rescue workers searching for debris with torches at the crash site. MiOriente (@MiOriente) #EnVideo: Organismos de socorro están en la zona del desastre aéreo. Hospitales de la región en alerta. #EnDesarrollo pic.twitter.com/OyvH4Nk9rT November 29 2016 Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 8.01am GMT 08:01 More injured players are reported to have been taken to hospital. Martin Mazur (@martinmazur) Jackson Follmann está en el Hospital San Vicente / Jackson Follmann another of the injured taken to Hospital November 29 2016 Pablo Medina Uribe (@derpoltergeist) Some better news now: three more #Chapecoense players have arrived to hospitals. Two in Rionegro one in La Ceja. November 29 2016 Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 7.58am GMT 07:58 Sam Jones Chapecoense has put out a brief statement on its Facebook page saying it won t be giving comments until more is known about the crash writes Sam Jones. It says: Given the conflicting reports emerging from different journalistic sources concerning the crash of the plane carrying the Chapecoense players the Chapecoense football association through it vice-president Ivan Tozzo is refraining from comment and awaiting official announcements from the Colombian air authorities. May God be with our athletes leaders journalists and the other guests who are with the delegation. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 7.54am GMT 07:54 At least 25 people were killed in the crash according to a local mayor cited by journalist Martin Mazur. Martin Mazur (@martinmazur) Elkin Ospina mayor of La Ceja confirms at least 25 dead according to firefighters reports November 29 2016 Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 7.49am GMT 07:49 Tom Phillips Alan Ruschel the first Chapecoense player to reach hospital is being treated for severe injuries: multiple bone fractures including of his hip lacerations to his head and head trauma according to Brazilian journalist Thiago Borbolla. Thiago Borbolla (@borbs) Sobre o Alan Ruschel: multiplas fraturas incluindo da bacia lacerações na cabeça e traumatismo craniano informa Rádio RCN #Chapecoense November 29 2016 Updated at 8.27am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 7.40am GMT 07:40 Tom Phillips There are unconfirmed reports that Danilo the team s 31-year-old goalkeeper is among the survivors. A Medellin-based journalist has tweeted this photograph of doctors waiting to receive the wounded in a hospital in La Ceja. Juan Carlos Castaño (@TMjcastano) Médicos H. San Juan de Dios en LaCeja a la espera de heridos de @ChapecoenseReal @Telemedellin #NoticiasTM pic.twitter.com/7xosU5FVWQ November 29 2016 Updated at 8.27am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 7.36am GMT 07:36 What we know so far Hello I am about to hand over the blog to my colleague Matt Weaver who will keep you updated with all the latest developments from Colombia. Here is a summary of what we know so far: A charter plane carrying 81 people has crashed in Cerro Gordo Colombia. The plane was carrying 22 players from the Brazilian football club Chapecoense. It lost contact with ground controllers around midnight and reportedly tried to make a forced landing. The plane was en route from Bolivia to Medellin airport in Colombia where the team was due to play in the Copa Sudamericana. Six people have reportedly survived including player Alan Ruschel who is in hospital. Several sports journalists are also believed to have been on board. Bad weather is hampering rescue efforts but an estimated 90 emergency services workers are now at the crash site. Football teams across Brazil have been sending out their prayers to the Chapecoense club. The mayor of Medellin said the crash was a tragedy of huge proportions . Updated at 8.29am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 7.30am GMT 07:30 According to Colombia s Caracol Radio there were also eight Chapacoense executives on the flight three guests of the club and 21 journalists. Caracol Radio (@CaracolRadio) #AlAire 8 dirigentes 21 periodistas y 3 invitados de @ChapecoenseReal viajaban en el vuelo accidentado https://t.co/jzhzKfRg0V November 29 2016 Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 7.23am GMT 07:23 First images of the crash site A Colombian news website has published the first confirmed pictures of the rescue operation. The photographs show dozens of rescue workers on a hillside in darkness. This is the site of the air crash in La Unión the MiOriente website said in a tweet accompanying the pictures. MiOriente (@MiOriente) #ATENCIÓNEste es el lugar del accidente aéreo en La Unión. Avión de Chapecoense se accidentó en La Unión https://t.co/GR9lN7gKFG pic.twitter.com/YD9iblNroB November 29 2016 Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 7.15am GMT 07:15 Poor weather hampers rescue effort Heavy rain has made the rescue operation difficult according to Medellin airport authorities. According to the local news site mioriente.com La Unión s fire chief has said that at least 10 people are being tended at the accident site. A state of emergency has been declared in the area and two Colombian air force helicopters have begun searching for more survivors. Getting the injured out is difficult because this is a very woody area Hugo Botero López the mayor of La Unión is quoted as saying by El Tiempo. López said there were more than 90 rescue workers already on the scene from places including La Unión Rionegro El Carmen de Vibroal and La Ceja. But it is not easy getting those who are alive out of there. Elkin Ospina the mayor of La Ceja said 30 police fire and Red Cross vehicles had been deployed to the site. Luis Fernando Rodríguez the medical chief of the San Juan de Dios clinic in La Ceja told mioriente.com: We trying to coordinate with other hospitals in the area to see what our capacity is given the complexity and the volume of patients who could arrive. Updated at 8.41am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 7.08am GMT 07:08 At least 22 Chapecoense players were onboard the plane - report Colombia s El Tiempo newspaper says there were at least 22 players on board the plane. They are: Danilo Follmann Gimenez Dener Alan Ruschel Caramelo Marcelo Filipe Machado Thiego Neto Josimar Gil Sérgio Manoel Matheus Biteco Cleber Santana Arthur Maia Kempes Ananias Lucas Gomes Tiaguinho Bruno Rangel Canela. Ruschel a 27-year-old defender from Taquara in Rio de Janeiro is reportedly in hospital. Pablo Medina Uribe (@derpoltergeist) Alan Ruschel #Chapecoense player is first to arrive to hospital https://t.co/eDclvtJA6K November 29 2016 A 23rd player who the newspaper did not name was supposed to have travelled with the team but did not. Updated at 8.42am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 7.00am GMT 07:00 More tributes are coming from Brazilian football teams. Flamengo tweeted: Strength @ChapecoenseReal! United in one heart! Flamengo and the nation are together with you! Flamengo (@Flamengo) Força @ChapecoenseReal! Unidos em um só coração! O Flamengo e sua Nação estão juntos contigo! #ForçaChape November 29 2016 Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.54am GMT 06:54 This tweet from Flightradar shows the plane s flight path before the crash. Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) Airport authorities state 72 passengers from Chapecoense football team and 9 crew onboard #LMI2933. https://t.co/ayIDZCJVZs pic.twitter.com/HwgVWg5e9w November 29 2016 Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.52am GMT 06:52 A video published on the team s Facebook page shows the team readying for the flight earlier on Monday in Sao Paulo s Guarulhos international airport. The Facebook post has become the focus for an outpouring of tributes and prayers for the players from fans. I am from Rio de Janeiro and I am praying for you. May God and Our Lady send their angels to take care of you all writes one. May God keep them all alive says another. Others express anger at reports that the plane ran out of fuel. We cannot accept this writes one. Let us pray that they all get out alive. Updated at 6.55am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.47am GMT 06:47 Six people may have survived Medellin airport authorities have released a statement saying six people may have survived the crash. José María Córdova (@AeropuertoMDE) Comunicado de prensa N 1: siniestro de aeronave proveniente de Bolivia. #TamoJuntoChape pic.twitter.com/OgS4OTmUlM November 29 2016 The statement says that at 10pm yesterday a plane travelling from Santa Cruz in Bolivia declared an emergency because of electrical failures between the municipalities of La Ceja and la Unión. A rescue operation involving local police firefighters and the Colombian air force was immediately launched. Police are now at the site of the emergency which can only be reached overland because of poor visibility. At the moment we know that the disaster happened in Cerro Gordo the municipality of La Unión and that there were 72 passengers and nine crew aboard including the football team Chapocoense Real. There are reported to be six survivors it reads. Updated at 8.44am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.34am GMT 06:34 Another top Colombian team Barranquilla s Junior has reacted to the accident on Twitter. We are praying for Chapecoense and the whole crew and we are beside you at this difficult time. All Junior supporters are with you it says. Club Junior FC (@JuniorClubSA) Rezamos por Chapecoense y toda la tripulación y los acompañamos en este duro momento. Todo el pueblo juniorista están con ustedes. pic.twitter.com/0nKcwbkEc9 November 29 2016 Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.32am GMT 06:32 Here s a map of where the plane is believed to have crashed: Cerro Gordo map Updated at 6.49am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.29am GMT 06:29 Hospitals on maximum alert El Tiempo is also reporting that hospitals in the region of the crash site have been placed on maximum alert .Medics in hospitals in places such as San Juan de Dios are reportedly preparing to receive patients given the possibility that they might have to treat injured people who are thought to have survived the plane crash . Updated at 8.45am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.25am GMT 06:25 81 people on board - report Colombia s El Tiempo newspaper says there were 81 people on board the plane made up of 72 passengers and 9 crew. Updated at 8.45am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.23am GMT 06:23 Chapecoense s opponents in the next leg of the Copa Sudamericana have tweeted to say they are profoundly sorry and stand in solidarity with the team after the accident. The tweet said the team was waiting for information from authorities. Atlético Nacional (@nacionaloficial) Nacional lamenta profundamente y se solidariza con @chapecoensereal por el accidente ocurrido y espera información de las autoridades. November 29 2016 Updated at 8.30am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.19am GMT 06:19 Plane made forced landing The website of Record another major Brazilian news channel reported that the plane had made a forced landing in the region of Antioquia in the early hours of Tuesday morning local time.Record said the missing plane had started its journey in Sao Paulo at 3.35pm local time. It made a stop in Santa Cruz de la Sierra a bustling economic hub in eastern Bolivia later that day before setting off for Colombia. Updated at 8.46am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.18am GMT 06:18 Plane lost contact with ground controllers after midnight Brazilian media citing reports from Colombia said the plane lost contact with ground controllers shortly after midnight and had either crashed or made an emergency landing shortly before it had been scheduled to arrive.Globo a Brazilian news website said that Colombia s air force had sent a helicopter to the area where the plane is thought to have gone down to attempt a rescue.Citing Colombia s TV Caracol Globo said the controllers had lost contact with pilots as the plane flew over the cities of La Ceja and Aberjorral. Updated at 8.47am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.16am GMT 06:16 The airport authorities have confirmed that the code for the plane that went down is CP-2933. José María Córdova (@AeropuertoMDE) Confirmado la aeronave con matrícula CP2933 transportaba al equipo @ChapecoenseReal. Al parecer hay sobrevivientes. November 29 2016 Martin Mazur has tracked down a photograph of it. Martin Mazur (@martinmazur) This was the plane that crashed in Colombia used to transport Argentina national team earlier this month (photo: @BriEmmanuel_U ) pic.twitter.com/h5LZnZI9fS November 29 2016 Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.10am GMT 06:10 Mike Hytner My colleague Mike Hytner Guardian Australia s sports editor has some details on Chapecoense: Chapecoense were on their way to play in the first leg of Copa Sudamericana final against Colombian side Atlético Nacional. The match was scheduled to be played in Medellin on 30 November with the second leg back in Brazil on 7 December. The team based in the city of Chapecó in the state of Santa Catarina play in Brazil s premier division Série A. The club was founded in 1973 and first won promotion to the top flight in 2014. As of last weekend when they fell to a 1-0 defeat away at already-crowned champions Palmeiras Chapecoense were ninth in the table after 37 games played. They were scheduled to conclude the domestic season against Atlético Mineiro on Sunday. The Copa Sudamericana is South America s second tier club competition one rung below the Copa Libertadores. The winner of the Copa Sudamericana gains automatic entry into next season s Copa Libertadores the centrepiece of the continent s football calendar. The final like each round of the tournament is a two-legged tie consisting of a home and an away fixture. This season Chapecoense had already travelled to Argentina twice drawing with Independiente and San Lorenzo and Colombia once where they lost to Junior 1-0 but progressing on aggregate in all three fixtures. Updated at 9.17am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.10am GMT 06:10 Plane carrying 72 people including the Chapecoense team goes down over Colombia Hello welcome to the blog. We will be pulling together information and updates after a charter aircraft crashed en route from Bolivia to Medellin airport. What we know so far: The plane was carrying the Chapecoense team from Brazil who were on their way to Medellin to take part in the Copa Sudamericana. As a rescue operation gets under way the mayor of Medellin has said it is possible that there are survivors. Chapecoense were on their way to play in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final against Colombian side Atlético Nacional. The match was scheduled to be played in Medellin on 30 November. Here is the full report: Plane carrying Brazilian football team Chapecoense crashes in Colombia Read more Updated at 8.47am GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close
Officials say five survivors have been rescued from the wreckage of a chartered plane carrying 81 people including the squad of a top Brazilian football team which crashed outside the Colombian city of Medellin. Latest updates: Plane carrying 81 crashes in the mountains Plane was carrying team of Chapecoense Real Six people survived Authorities not ruling finding out more survivors Rescue operations were suspended due to heavy rain Please allow a moment for the live blog to load The crash occurred amid poor weather conditions as the plane was on its way to the city s international airport and the country s civil aviation authority said ambulances and emergency workers had arrived at the scene. Local authorities said there appeared to be survivors and confirmed the plane was a chartered flight carrying the team of Chapecoense Real for the final of a regional tournament. Medellin Plane Crash 6 show all Medellin Plane Crash 1/6 Logo of Brazilian football team Chapecoense at the site of the plane crash in a mountainous area outside the Colombian city of Medellin. Plane carrying Brazilian football team Chapecoense crashes in Colombia Rex 2/6 The debris of the plane carrying the Brazilian football team Chapecoense that crashed in a mountainous area outside the Colombian city of Medellin Rex 3/6 Medical staff from the San Juan de Dios hospital transfer 27-year-old Brazilian soccer player Alan Ruschel as he arrives to La Ceja in Colombia Rex 4/6 Medical staff waiting for survivors of the crashed plane carrying the Brazilian football team Chapecoense at San Juan de Dios La Ceja Hospital in La Ceja municipality near Medellin Rex 5/6 81 people including the players of the Brazilian soccer club Chapecoense crashed in a mountainous area outside Medellin as it was approaching the Jose Maria Cordoba airport EPA 6/6 Medical staff from the San Juan de Dios hospital transfer Brazilian journalist Rafael Henze as he arrives at La Ceja in Colombia after surviving a plane crash EPA The British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane operated by a charter airline named LaMia declared an emergency at 10pm Monday (0300 GMT) because of an electrical failure. It s a tragedy of huge proportions Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez told Blu Radio on his way to the site in a mountainous area outside the city where aircraft crashed. The aircraft which made a stop in Santa Cruz Bolivia was transporting the first division Chapecoense soccer team from southern Brazil. The team was scheduled to play Wednesday in the first of a two-game Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional of Medellin. May God accompany our athletes officials journalists and other guests traveling with our delegation the club said in a brief statement on its Facebook page. South America s soccer federation extended its condolences to the entire Chapecoense community and said its president Luis Dominguez was on his way to Medellin. All soccer activities were suspended until further notice the organisation said in a statement. More about: Colombia Reuse content
Good morning.Here s what you need to know: Photo Credit Sam Hodgson for The New York Times President-elect Donald J. Trump is holding meetings with retired Gen. David H. Petraeus Mitt Romney and Senator Bob Corker chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in the hunt for a secretary of state a quest that has divided his loyalists.Mr. Trump drew criticism from across the political spectrum for suggesting without evidence that millions of people voted illegally. California s top election official called Mr. Trump s assertion absurd. Mr. Trump also threatened to pull back from thawing relations with Cuba which has just begun its official mourning for the longtime leader Fidel Castro. From a new Israeli brashness to European politics to global markets Mr. Trump s election is shaping events around the world._____ New York Los Angeles Boston Philadelphia and San Francisco are among the American cities that have vowed to fight the Trump administration s promised efforts to deport illegal immigrants. Continue reading the main story
Photo President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia left and Rodrigo Londoño the top rebel commander at the signing of a peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC in Bogotá on Thursday. Credit Luis Robayo/Agence France-Presse Getty Images The Colombian government and the country s main rebel group signed a new peace deal on Thursday hoping to salvage the accords and skip the ballot box after voters rejected the agreement in a referendum the month before.If the ceremony had a sense of familiarity it was because it had all been done before this year. In late September the rebels Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC and the government pledged a new start at a signing ceremony before world leaders in the port town of Cartagena after a half-century of war.But on Oct. 2 only days after the signing Colombians took to the polls for a referendum on the peace deal and knocked it down by a slim margin. In another twist President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize later that week with the judges urging him to not let the agreement slip out of reach.Hence the need for a do-over. On signing this agreement as president of all Colombians I want to invite all with an open mind and open heart to give peace a chance Mr. Santos said at the ceremony held in a theater in Bogotá the capital.Rodrigo Londoño the top commander of the rebels also spoke at the signing and asked Colombians to forgive the group for crimes during the conflict. He urged the government to enact the peace agreement swiftly. Advertisement Continue reading the main story This time however Mr. Santos will not be calling on voters to weigh in.Instead of facing another referendum the accords will now head to the country s Congress where Mr. Santos s governing coalition holds a majority making approval far more likely.Mr. Santos s rivals accused him of rushing through the new agreement without letting them revise it.Álvaro Uribe the former president who led the campaign against the deal said the modified accords did not do enough to punish the rebels particularly for drug trafficking crimes. I would say these are serious subjects why didn t they want to modify them? he said this week. Photo A rally in support of the peace process a few blocks from the theater where a revised peace pact was being signed in Bogotá on Thursday. Credit Ivan Valencia/Associated Press Since the rebuke by voters Mr. Santos s government has shuttled between the conservative political leaders who campaigned against the deal and the Marxist rebels who have spent years negotiating with the government from Havana and were waiting to start new lives as civilians.The revised agreement Mr. Santos has argued addresses both of their concerns.The new deal sets clearer protections for countryside landowners as the government establishes a greater presence in rural areas and gives judges more latitude in cases involving rebel drug trafficking changes that conservatives had pushed for. It also bans the rebels from running in certain newly created congressional districts in postconflict zones. Journalism that matters.More essential than ever. Subscribe to the Times But the accords stopped short of the demands of some no voters many of whom wanted the government to bar those involved in war crimes from any political participation. And the new deal did not open the door to tough prison sentences for rebels which the government said would be a nonstarter for the rebels.Cynthia J. Arnson who directs the Latin America program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars a Washington-based think tank said the new agreement made significant nods to those who voted against its previous iteration.Now she said the government faces the daunting task of rebuilding postconflict Colombia. As difficult and winding as the path has been to the final accord it s always the case that implementation of an agreement is 10 times harder than the actual negotiation she said of ending the 52-year war that left an estimated 200 000 people dead. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Before the referendum months of polling had predicted a wide margin of victory for the agreement creating such a sense of confidence that the government held its first public signing before the vote took place.But lulled by the polls the government failed to drive Colombians to the ballot box resulting in anemic turnout in places that favored the deal. Mr. Santos had staked his legacy on achieving peace but his approval ratings were so low at the time that his endorsement may have actually hurt the deal s chances.On top of that came Hurricane Matthew which drenched the northern coastal areas supportive of the deal leading many to stay home.But for many other Colombians the deal failed on substance. The agreement had always been a tug of war between peace and justice and in the end the demand for justice won.Many Colombians were enraged that the government struck a deal in which most rank-and-file FARC fighters would be able to walk free while those who committed war crimes would face reduced sentences.The new agreement was announced in Havana this month with negotiators contending that it addressed a range of topics including how courts might address drug trafficking offenses that had troubled voters. A version of this article appears in print on November 25 2016 on page A3 of the New York edition with the headline: Colombia and Rebels Sign New Peace Accords. Order Reprints| Today s Paper|Subscribe Continue reading the main story
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