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Plane carrying Brazilian football club team crashes in Bolivia

| | Nov 29, 2016, at 05:32 pm
Bogota, Nov 29 (IBNS) : A plane carrying 72 people, including the members of a Brazilian football team, , has crashed in Colombia, reports said.

The chartered plane had left Bolivia and was on its way to Medellin's International airport.

According to reports, the aircraft was carrying  the Brazilian side Chapecoense to Medellin airport when it went off the radar around 10.15 pm local time.

It's not clear if there are any survivors.

Chapecoense was  scheduled to play Copa Sudamerica finals on Wednesday in Medellin.

A video shared on Twitter claimed to show the moment the plane disappeared from view on flight radar.

 

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