Tag: Aerospace 146

• Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 11:16 UTC

  Plane carrying Chapecoense football team crashes on approach to Medellin

  

  A Bolivian-registered airplane carrying the football players of Brazilian team Chapecoense crashed in a mountainous area as it approached Medellin's Jose Maria Cordova international airport around Monday midnight, local time. The team was due to play the first leg of the South American Cup (the second most important club continental competition) final against Libertadores Cup holders Atlético Nacional on Wednesday. Five survivors out of 81 people on board have been reported.