BREAKING! Plane Carrying Brazilian Football Team Chapecoense Crashes in Colombia [DETAILS]

A plane carrying more than 80 people, including members of the Brazilian football teamChapecoense, has crashed in Colombia according to authorities.

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A charter aircraft carrying 72 people including members of Brazil’s Chapecoense football team has crashed en route to Medellin airport

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Medellin international airport has confirmed that a charter aircraft was involved in a serious emergency on its way to the city.

It is not known at this moment whether there have been any casualties although it there were 72 passengers and nine crew on board.

Local media reported that the plane was carrying members of the football team Chapecoense from Brazil – a fact later confirmed by airport authorities.

The team was scheduled to play Copa Sudamerica finals against Atletico Nacional on Wednesday in Medellin.

The plane – a British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane – is believed to have started its journey in Sao Paulo, Brazil, at 3.35pm in the afternoon local time. It made a stop in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, a bustling economic hub in eastern Bolivia, later that day before setting off for Colombia.

Medellin’s mayor, Federico Gutierrez, said that it is possible there are survivors.

“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.

He said ambulances and rescuers were on their way. It is not clear what caused the crash although it appear that the weather was bad in the area.