[Published: Tuesday November 29 2016]
Brazil plane crash claims 76 lives
Bogota 29 Nov (ANA) - Brazilian footballers Alan Ruschel and Danilo Padilha took this selfie (pictured) as they made their way to a fairytale cup final in Colombia before a plane crash that claimed 76 lives and left just five survivors. Defender Ruschel and goalkeeper Padilha from the top Brazilian side Chapecoense posed for a short video on board the passenger plane as Ruschel, 27, told fans: 'We’re coming Colombia.' But their journey from Brazil to the Colombian city of Medellin - ahead of the biggest game in the club's history, the Copa Sudamerica final - came to a devastating end when a jet they were on crashed down in remote mountains. Both Ruschel and Danilo were pulled alive from the wreckage along with three others. Goalkeeper Jacson Follmann as well as passengers Rafael Correa Gobbato and Ximena Suarez also survived, officials said. There are reports that the team had to change their flight and board the doomed aircraft after Brazilian aviation authorities prevented them from taking a charter plane. The Avro RJ85 plane, which was carrying nine crew, crashed at about 10.15pm after suffering power failures while flying through the mountainous Antioquia Department on its way from Bolivia. Local officials said it crashed against a hill and broke in two.(ANA)
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