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Chapecoense plane crash: Team's home town gathers for memorial service Chapecoense plane crash: Team's home town gathers for service
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The bodies of 71 people killed in a plane crash in Colombia that devastated a Brazilian football team are being returned home, as the team's home town prepares for a memorial service. The bodies of 71 people killed in a plane crash that wiped out a Brazilian football team are returning home.
More than 100,000 people are expected to turn out for a ceremony at the team's stadium in Chapeco later. More than 100,000 people are expected to attend a memorial service at Chapecoense's stadium in Chapeco.
Just six people survived Monday's crash outside Medellin, where Chapecoense were due to play a regional final. Just six people survived Monday's crash outside Medellin, Colombia, where they were due to play a regional final.
Brazilian President Michel Temer is due to greet the planes at the airport. The cause of the crash is unclear. But recording has emerged of the pilot asking the control tower for priority to land because he was out of fuel.
But he is not expected to go to the ceremony at the stadium, reportedly amid concerns about protests taking place. Fifa's Gianni Infantino will be attending the service. Brazilian President Michel Temer greeted the planes at the airport.
As the bodies were taken to the airport in Medellin on Friday, hundreds of people lined the road to pay their final respects. He is not expected to go to the ceremony at the stadium, reportedly amid concerns about protests taking place.
The remains of the Paraguayan crew member Gustavo Encina were handed over to his family in Paraguay. Fireworks exploded as the first of two military planes arrived in Chapeco early on Saturday.
The other victims, 64 Brazilians, five Bolivians and a Venezuelan, were flown home in a series of flights. On Friday, hundreds of people had lined the road in Medellin to pay their final respects.
Nineteen of the dead were members of the Chapecoense football club, and many more were support staff and journalists covering the team. The victims include 64 Brazilians, five Bolivians, a Venezuelan and a Paraguayan.
The bodies of those victims will be carried during a funeral procession through Chapeco on Saturday, ending with a ceremony at the team's stadium. Nineteen of the dead were players with Chapecoense, and many more were support staff and journalists covering the team.
"The #Chapecoense will remain in our memory for their perseverance and tenacity. I reiterate my deepest solidarity with relatives of the victims," Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos wrote on Twitter as the last plane departed. The bodies will be carried during a funeral procession through Chapeco on Saturday, ending with a ceremony at the team's stadium.
A minute's silence will be held before every football match this weekend, and football's world governing body Fifa also requested that all players wear black armbands in remembrance. Many fans started to gather in heavy rain outside the stadium early on Saturday, with some having arrived on Friday.
"I will only really believe it when we see the coffins and the families," one of the fans, Pamela Lopes, told Reuters. "At first there was commotion, but now a great sadness has set in."
A minute's silence will be held before every football match this weekend, and football's world governing body Fifa, whose head Gianni Infantino will attend the service, requested that all players wear black armbands in remembrance.
The team has been described as having "a fairy story with a tragic ending".The team has been described as having "a fairy story with a tragic ending".
It only won promotion to the country's top division in 2014, but was on its way to the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final in Medellin when the plane went down.It only won promotion to the country's top division in 2014, but was on its way to the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final in Medellin when the plane went down.
Authorities are still investigating the cause of the crash. A recording has emerged of the pilot asking the control tower for priority to land because he was out of fuel.