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| Plane carrying Brazilian football team crashes in Colombia – reports | |
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| A plane carrying Brazil's Chapecoense football team has crashed in Colombia, reportedly killing some of the passengers on board. At least 10 people have been evacuated from the scene and taken to local hospitals. | |
| The plane crashed due to lack of fuel at around 10:15pm local time in Cerro Gordo in the municipality of La Union, according to Mi Oriente. | |
| The website reported that fatalities had occurred, but said it remains unclear how many people were killed. | |
| At least 10 people were injured and evacuated from the scene, the commander of La Union fire department said, according to the website. | |
| The plane, operated by Venezuelan airline Lamia, was reportedly carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members. It was flying to José María Córdova International Airport in Rionegro, the second largest airport in Colombia. | |
| The country's civil aviation authority has set up a unified command post at the airport, El Universo reported. | |
| The mayor of nearby Medellín said the city's hospital network has been alerted and officials from the Administration Department of Disaster Risk Management have been sent to the site. | |
| Access to the crash site can only be reached by land due to current weather conditions, the airport wrote on Twitter. | |
| The team was traveling to compete in the Copa Sudamericana finals. Chapecoense was scheduled to compete against Colombia's Atlético Nacional at 6:45pm local time on Wednesday, at Atanasio Girardot stadium in Medellín. | |
| After learning of the crash, the South American football confederation CONMEBOL announced that the football tournament had been suspended, according to El Universo. | |
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