At least 71 people were killed in an accident a plane near Rionegro, Colombia, Monday night confirmed the Medellin Mayor Federico Gutiérrez. Initially there had been talk of 81 occupants on the plane and 75 dead, but authorities were able to confirm that there were only 77 people on board.
The aircraft had left Bolivia from the crew on board. On the plane traveling soccer team Brazilian Chapecoense he would play against Atletico Nacional the final of the Copa Sudamericana.
Gutierrez initially confirmed that there were six survivors (one of them died on Tuesday, said Civil Aeronautics).
The rescue of the bodies is over.
The plane took off from Viru Viru airport in Bolivia at 6:18 pm local time, according to Manuel Palamas, air traffic controller. The aircraft, of the company Lamia, declared electrical failures between the municipalities of La Ceja and the Union, Antioquia.
At least 71 people were killed in an accident a plane near Rionegro, Colombia, Monday night confirmed the Medellin Mayor Federico Gutiérrez. Initially there had been talk of 81 occupants on the plane and 75 dead, but authorities were able to confirm that there were only 77 people on board.
The aircraft had left Bolivia from the crew on board. On the plane traveling soccer team Brazilian Chapecoense he would play against Atletico Nacional the final of the Copa Sudamericana.
Gutierrez initially confirmed that there were six survivors (one of them died on Tuesday, said Civil Aeronautics).
The rescue of the bodies is over.
The plane took off from Viru Viru airport in Bolivia at 6:18 pm local time, according to Manuel Palamas, air traffic controller. The aircraft, of the company Lamia, declared electrical failures between the municipalities of La Ceja and the Union, Antioquia.
Cifra of the dead
The National Unit for the Management of Disaster Risk of Colombia said in a statement that it ends the recovery phase.
This agency detailed that the search and rescue operations left 71 victims recovered and 6 survivors attended in care centers, for a total of 77 people.
The final number of 71 deaths comes from one of those survivors who has died, as confirmed by a source of Civil Aeronautics of Colombia.
According to the National Disaster Risk Management Unit of Colombia, the new number of deaths is that "it was established that the total number of people traveling to Colombia was 77 passengers and not 81, as it initially appeared in the records. This information was corroborated by checking the passenger boarding lists of passengers in Brazil, Bolivia and Colombia, resulting in only 68 passengers of Brazilian origin and 9 Bolivian crew members boarded the flight. "
According to the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management in Colombia , "the four people who were not on the aircraft correspond to: Luciano Buligon, mayor of Chapeco, the host city of Chepecoense equipment; Plinio Nes Filho, leader of Chapecoense; Gelson Merisio, deputy of Santa Catarina and Ivan Carlos Agnoletto, journalist ".
Adverse weather conditions
Access to the site of the accident can only be done by land due to weather conditions, reported the José María Córdova Airport. The Colombian Air Force had to abort a mission to access the accident site due to inclement weather, according to Colombian officials.
Authorities asked the community to refrain from going to the site to avoid collapse.
Satellite images show that showers and thunderstorms have been present in the region during the last 12 hours, according to CNN meteorologist Michael Guy.
There was probably turbulence in the region due to storms and intermittent winds from the mountains in the region, Guy said.
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