A plane carrying 81 passengers has crashed this morning near the city of Medellin in Columbia.
The plane was said to have reported electrical problems before crashing into mountains just outside the city shortly before 5am this morning.
On board were nine crew and 72 passengers including a top Brazilian football team.
#BREAKING; This was the #football team who were underway to a final in #Colombia.#PlaneCrash #Medelin #DEVELOPING pic.twitter.com/AeJszGkPbK
— BreakingNews (@BreakingNLive) November 29, 2016
Reports at this time say there are six survivors.
Colombia plane crash:
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) November 29, 2016
- 81 people on board including top Brazilian football team Chapecoense
- 6 reported survivorshttps://t.co/yEGYqDGWTp pic.twitter.com/J3owy2VNOO
The Jose Maria Cordova de Rionegro airport tweeted to confirm the news saying:
“Confirmed, the aircraft licence number CP2933 was carrying the Chapecoense team. Apparently there are survivors.”
Confirmado, la aeronave con matrícula CP2933 * transportaba al equipo @ChapecoenseReal. Al parecer hay sobrevivientes.
— José María Córdova (@AeropuertoMDE) November 29, 2016
Due to poor weather conditions, the site was only accessible by land.
The aircraft which departed from Bolivia is now being searched by rescue teams in an effort to find more survivors.
