Planes carrying bodies of Brazil footballers killed in crash arrive Chapeco
Two planes carrying bodies of Brazil footballers killed in crash arrive Chapeco
Highlights
--Fireworks was said to have lit the sky as the plane touched down in pouring rain after a flight from Medellin, Colombia.
--Two Brazilian air force planes
carrying the remains of a football team killed in a plane crash have
arrived the country on Saturday, December 3.
Two Brazilian air force planes carrying the remains of a football team killed in a plane crash have arrived the country on Saturday, December 3.
Fireworks
lit up the sky as the plane touched down in pouring rain after a flight
from Medellin, where Cinderella-story club Chapecoense Real had been
travelling for a big match when their plane ran out of fuel and crashed,
AFP reports.
#BREAKING First plane arrives with bodies of Brazil footballers killed in crash— AFP news agency (@AFP) December 3, 2016
The plane crashed on Monday night, killing 71 people including 51 players, coaches and staff.
The victims will be laid to rest in a mass funeral in Chapeco in southern Brazil.
