76 Reported dead in Brazil Chapecoense football team plane crash

A small plane carrying 81 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of Medellin in Colombia.

Police say five people survived the crash 76 people including Brazilian footballers have been confirmed dead in the passenger plane that crashed early this morning (Nigerian time).

The chartered aircraft, flying from Brazil via Bolivia, was carrying members of the Chapecoense team, their technical team, media personel and others and were on their way from Bolivia to Columbia for a football match when it crashed.

The team was due to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana, against Medellin team Atletico Nacional.

The first leg of the final of the cup, South America’s second most important club competition, was scheduled for Wednesday, but has now been suspended.

The match was seen as the biggest in the history of the relatively small club, which entered Brazil’s top division for the first time in 2014.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) said it was suspending “all activities”.

The plane was carrying 81 people including Brazilian international footballers, (Chapecoensea football club),

The cause of the crash has not been confirmed yet though initial report claimed the plane ran out of fuel…