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Colombia plane crash: Brazilian footballers among 76 dead; five survive the disaster

An aeroplane which was carrying Brazilian professional football players has reportedly crashed in Colombia. The plane is said to be crashed at around 10:15pm local time in Cerro Gordo.

Saurabh Kumar

29 Nov 2016 11:16 IST

Updated On 29 Nov 2016 22:48 IST

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Colombia plane crash: Brazilian footballers among 76 dead; five survive the disaster — Rescuers find no survivors in Columbian plane crash (Pic: Getty)

The death toll from the crash in Colombia of an airliner carrying a Brazilian football team rose to 76 on Tuesday as officials said only five people survived the disaster.Â

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"We were able to rescue six people alive but one of them died on the way to the hospital," Jose Gerardo Acevedo, a police commander, told reporters.Â

The LAMIA charter plane crashed late on Monday in a mountainous area near the city of Medellin with 81 people aboard, including members of the Chapocoense Real, a Brazilian football team that was to play in a Copa Sudamericana final.

#BREAKING 25 bodies recovered from Colombia air crash, five rescued alive: official

â€” AFP news agency (@AFP) November 29, 2016

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