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| Brazilian team Chapecoense on board plane that crashed over Colombia – latest | Brazilian team Chapecoense on board plane that crashed over Colombia – latest |
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| 7.08am GMT | |
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| 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 is reportedly in hospital. A 23rd player, who the newspaper did not name, had been supposed to travel but did not. | |
| 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!” | |
| Força, @ChapecoenseReal! Unidos em um só coração! O Flamengo e sua Nação estão juntos contigo! #ForçaChape | |
| 6.54am GMT | |
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| This tweet from Flightradar shows the plane’s flight path before the crash. | |
| Airport authorities state 72 passengers from Chapecoense football team and 9 crew onboard #LMI2933. https://t.co/ayIDZCJVZs pic.twitter.com/HwgVWg5e9w | |
| 6.52am GMT | |
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| 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.” | |
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| at 6.55am GMT | |
| 6.47am GMT | |
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| Six people 'may have survived' | |
| Medellin airport authorities have released a statement, saying that six people may have survived the crash. | |
| Comunicado de prensa N° 1: siniestro de aeronave proveniente de Bolivia. #TamoJuntoChape pic.twitter.com/OgS4OTmUlM | |
| The statement says that at 10pm last night an aeroplane 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 sire 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. | |
| 6.34am GMT | 6.34am GMT |
| 06:34 | 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. | 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. |
| 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 | 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 |
| 6.32am GMT | 6.32am GMT |
| 06:32 | 06:32 |
| Here’s a map of where the plane is believed to have crashed: | Here’s a map of where the plane is believed to have crashed: |
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| at 6.49am GMT | |
| 6.29am GMT | 6.29am GMT |
| 06:29 | 06:29 |
| Hospitals on 'maximum alert' | Hospitals on 'maximum alert' |
| El Tiempo is also reporting that hospitals in the region around the place where the plane is believed to have gone down 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”. | El Tiempo is also reporting that hospitals in the region around the place where the plane is believed to have gone down 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”. |
| 6.25am GMT | 6.25am GMT |
| 06:25 | 06:25 |
| 81 people onboard - report | 81 people onboard - report |
| Colombia’s El Tiempo newspaper says there were 81 people onboard the plane, made up of 72 passengers and 9 crew. | Colombia’s El Tiempo newspaper says there were 81 people onboard the plane, made up of 72 passengers and 9 crew. |
| 6.23am GMT | 6.23am GMT |
| 06:23 | 06:23 |
| Chapecoense’s opponents in the next leg of the Copa Americana have tweeted to say they are “profoundly sorry” and “stand in solidarity” with the team after the accident. The tweet said the team is waiting for information from authorities. | Chapecoense’s opponents in the next leg of the Copa Americana have tweeted to say they are “profoundly sorry” and “stand in solidarity” with the team after the accident. The tweet said the team is waiting for information from authorities. |
| Nacional lamenta profundamente y se solidariza con @chapecoensereal por el accidente ocurrido y espera información de las autoridades. | Nacional lamenta profundamente y se solidariza con @chapecoensereal por el accidente ocurrido y espera información de las autoridades. |
| 6.19am GMT | 6.19am GMT |
| 06:19 | 06:19 |
| Plane made 'forced landing' | 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 in the afternoon 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. | 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 in the afternoon 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. |
| 6.18am GMT | 6.18am GMT |
| 06:18 | 06:18 |
| Plane lost contact with ground controllers after midnight | Plane lost contact with ground controllers after midnight |
| Brazilian media, citing reports from Colombia, said the plane had 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 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. | Brazilian media, citing reports from Colombia, said the plane had 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 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. |
| 6.16am GMT | 6.16am GMT |
| 06:16 | 06:16 |
| The airport authorities have confirmed that the code for the plane that went down is CP-2933. | The airport authorities have confirmed that the code for the plane that went down is CP-2933. |
| Confirmado, la aeronave con matrícula CP2933 * transportaba al equipo @ChapecoenseReal. Al parecer hay sobrevivientes. | Confirmado, la aeronave con matrícula CP2933 * transportaba al equipo @ChapecoenseReal. Al parecer hay sobrevivientes. |
| Martin Mazur has tracked down a photograph of it. | Martin Mazur has tracked down a photograph of it. |
| This was the plane that crashed in Colombia, used to transport Argentina national team earlier this month (photo: @BriEmmanuel_U ) pic.twitter.com/h5LZnZI9fS | This was the plane that crashed in Colombia, used to transport Argentina national team earlier this month (photo: @BriEmmanuel_U ) pic.twitter.com/h5LZnZI9fS |
| 6.10am GMT | 6.10am GMT |
| 06:10 | 06:10 |
| Mike Hytner | Mike Hytner |
| My colleague Mike Hytner, Guardian Australia’s sports editor, has some details on Chapecoense: | My colleague Mike Hytner, Guardian Australia’s sports editor, has some details on Chapecoense: |
| Chapecoense were on their way to play in the fist 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 | Updated |
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| 6.10am GMT | 6.10am GMT |
| 06:10 | 06:10 |
| Plane carrying 72 people – including the Chapecoense team – goes down over Colombia | 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. | 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: | What we know so far: |
| Here is the full report: | Here is the full report: |