(29 Nov 2016, 5:38 pm)Michael wrote Sad news today:

Brazilian football team's plane crashes in Colombia killing 75

Seventy-five people have been killed after a plane carrying members of a Brazilian football team crashed in Colombia, police have said.

Six others, including three players, survived the disaster which happened following an electrical fault.  

Brazil has declared three days of mourning after the charter aircraft, carrying 72 passengers and nine crew, came down in a mountainous area as it approached Colombia's second-largest city, Medellin.

http://news.sky.com/story/plane-thought-...a-10676541

Update:


Chapecoense footballers undergo surgery after Colombia plane crash

One of the footballers who survived a plane crash in Colombia has undergone surgery to have his right leg amputated, doctors have said.

Chapecoense goalkeeper Jackson Follmann is now recovering following the procedure. 

Defender Helio Neto is being treated in intensive care after suffering severe trauma to his skull, thorax and lungs.

His fellow defender, Alan Ruschel, has undergone spinal surgery. 

The three other survivors were journalist Rafael Valmorbida, air stewardess Ximena Suarez and flight technician Erwin Tumiri.

Search and rescue teams have said 71 people lost their lives, including most of the Chapecoense team and 20 Brazilian journalists. 

Source: Sky news:  http://news.sky.com/story/video-shows-fo...h-10677587