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Chapecoense plane crash: Team's home town gathers for service Chapecoense plane crash: Thousands attend memorial service
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The bodies of 50 people killed in a plane crash that wiped out a Brazilian football team have arrived home. Thousands of fans have gathered at Brazil's Chapecoense stadium to pay tribute to those killed when the football team's plane crashed.
About 100,000 people are expected to attend a memorial service at Chapecoense's stadium in south Brazil. Bodies of the victims arrived at the stadium in a procession through Chapeco after arriving from Colombia.
Seventy-one people died in Monday's crash outside Medellin, Colombia, where the team was due to play. Six survived. Seventy-one people died in Monday's crash outside Medellin where the team was due to play. Six survived.
The cause of the crash is unclear. But a recording has emerged of the pilot asking the control tower for priority to land because he was out of fuel. The cause of the crash is unclear. But a recording suggests the plane was out of fuel moments before the crash.
Brazilian President Michel Temer greeted the planes at the airport. Brazilian President Michel Temer attended the ceremony at the stadium.
Fireworks exploded as the first of two military planes arrived in Chapeco early on Saturday. The president greeted the planes at the airport but was initially expected to stay away from the main crowds because of planned protests. Victims' families criticised this, saying it showed a lack of respect.
A procession to the stadium then followed, through heavy rain. The president said he had delayed confirming his attendance because of security concerns, according to Brazilian news site O Globo.
On Friday, hundreds of people had lined the road in Medellin to pay their final respects. A black sash was hung on the stadium's outer wall. Giant screens transmitted the speeches to those watching outside in the pouring rain.
Inside, young supporters carried the team's flag out on to the pitch, alongside the national flags of Brazil and Colombia.
The victims include 64 Brazilians, five Bolivians, a Venezuelan and a Paraguayan.The victims include 64 Brazilians, five Bolivians, a Venezuelan and a Paraguayan.
Nineteen of the dead were players with Chapecoense, and many more were support staff and journalists covering the team. Nineteen of the dead were players with Chapecoense. Many more were support staff and journalists covering the team.
Many fans started to gather in heavy rain outside the stadium early on Saturday, with some having arrived on Friday. A minute's silence will be held before every football match this weekend.
"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." Football's world governing body Fifa, whose head Gianni Infantino is attending the service in Chapeco, requested that all players wear black armbands in remembrance.
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 Brazil'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.