The South American Cup final was suspended after an airliner carrying a Brazilian team that was to have competed in it crashed in Colombia, the region’s football confederation Conmebol announced Tuesday.
The LAMIA airlines plane was carrying 81 people, including members of the Chapecoense Real team of Brazil, which was to have played Colombia’s Atletico Nacional in Wednesday’s first final. Six people were reported to have survived.
“All activities of the confederation are suspended until further notice,” Conmebol said.
AFP.
UPDATED by 9ja Land: The plane was chartered and the crash killed 76 people. Six people initially survived, but one of them later died in a hospital. The British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane, operated by a charter airline named LaMia, declared an emergency and lost radar contact just before 10 p.m. Monday (0300 GMT) because of an electrical failure.
Read the Full Story: Brazilian soccer team’s plane crashes in Colombia; 76 dead.
The LAMIA airlines plane was carrying 81 people, including members of the Chapecoense Real team of Brazil, which was to have played Colombia’s Atletico Nacional in Wednesday’s first final. Six people were reported to have survived.
“All activities of the confederation are suspended until further notice,” Conmebol said.
AFP.
UPDATED by 9ja Land: The plane was chartered and the crash killed 76 people. Six people initially survived, but one of them later died in a hospital. The British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane, operated by a charter airline named LaMia, declared an emergency and lost radar contact just before 10 p.m. Monday (0300 GMT) because of an electrical failure.
Read the Full Story: Brazilian soccer team’s plane crashes in Colombia; 76 dead.
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