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Colombia crash: Plane carrying 72 people including a Brazilian football team crashes Colombia plane crash: Brazilian football team Chapecoense among 81 people in mountain plane crash
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An airplane with 72 people on board, including players from Chapecoense Real, a Brazilian football team heading to Colombia for a regional tournament final, has crashed on its way to Medellin's international airport.  A plane carrying 81 people, including the squad of a top-flight Brazilian football team, has crashed in mountains outside the Colombian city of Medellin.
Medellin's Mayor Federico Gutierrez said that it is possible there are survivors.  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.
"Confirmed, the aircraft license number CP2933 was carrying the team @ChapecoenseReal. Apparently there are survivors," the Jose Maria Cordova de Rionegro airport, which serves Medellin, said on its Twitter account."Confirmed, the aircraft license number CP2933 was carrying the team @ChapecoenseReal. Apparently there are survivors," the Jose Maria Cordova de Rionegro airport, which serves Medellin, said on its Twitter account.
"It's a tragedy of huge proportions," Gutierrez told Blu Radio on his way to the site in a mountainous area outside the city where the chartered aircraft is believed to have crashed shortly before midnight local time.  Flight CP2933 departed Bolivia's Santa Cruz airport at 6.18pm Bolivia team (10.18pm GMT), according to flight tracking websites. It 72 passengers on board and nine crew members.
The crash occurred between 10pm local time (3am GMT) and midnight (5am GMT), according to various reports.
Airport authorities in Medellin said on Twitter that poor weather made the crash site only accessible by road.
Medellin's Mayor Federico Gutierrez also said it is possible there are survivors. 
"It's a tragedy of huge proportions," Gutierrez told Blu Radio on his way to the site.
He said ambulances and rescuers were on their way. It is not clear what caused the crash. He said ambulances and rescuers were on their way. It is not clear what caused the crash. 
Medellin's airport confirmed that the aircraft, which departed from Bolivia, was transporting the Chapecoense soccer team from southern Brazil, which was scheduled to play the Copa Sudamerica finals against Atletico Nacional on Wednesday in Medellin.  Chapecoense is a team from southern Brazil, ranked 14th in the Brasileiro top division, and was scheduled to play the Copa Sudamerica finals against Atletico Nacional on Wednesday in Medellin.