Colombia plane crash



The wreckage of a LaMia airlines charter plane carrying members of the Chapecoense Real football team is seen on Nov. 29, 2016, after it crashed in the mountains of Cerro Gordo, Colombia.
At least 71 people on board were killed; officials said six survived.

Plane wreckage

Police officers and rescue workers search for survivors in the wreckage of a chartered airplane that crashed in a mountainous area shortly before its scheduled landing in Medellin, Colombia.
The plane was carrying the Brazilian soccer club Chapecoense on its way to a Copa Sudamericana final match against Colombia’s Atletico Nacional.

Recovery effort

Members of the forensics team recover the bodies of victims of the LaMia airlines charter plane crash in the mountains of Cerro Gordo, Colombia, Nov. 29, 2016.

Survivor treated

Brazilian soccer player Alan Luciano Ruschel of Chapecoense soccer club receives medical attention after surviving the plane crash in central Colombia, Nov. 29, 2016.

Chapecoense soccer players


Members of the first-division Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense pose with children before a match, in a photo posted to the team’s Facebook page on Nov. 21, 2016. 
A chartered plane carrying the team to Medellin, Colombia, crashed before landing the night of Nov. 28, 2016. 

Rescue crew


Rescuers carry one of the survivors from the crash of a LaMia airlines charter plane in Colombia, Nov. 29, 2016.
The plane was carrying members of Brazil’s Chapecoense Real football team to a match in Colombia when it went down in the mountains just before landing in Medellin.

Hospital scene


Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer player Helio Neto is helped by medical personnel at the San Juan de Dios clinic in Colombia on Nov. 29, 2016. He was one of six survivors of the plane crash.

Emergency workers

Rescue workers approach the wreckage of the LaMia airlines charter plane in central Colombia, Nov. 29, 2016.

Scattered wreckage


Emergency workers search the wreckage of the LaMia airlines charter plane after it crashed in the mountains of central Colombia.
The plane was carrying members of Brazil’s Chapecoense Real football team, on their way to a Copa Sudamericana final match against Colombia’s Atletico Nacional.

Crash scene


Most of the people on board the LaMia airlines charter plane were killed, including many members of Brazil’s Chapecoense Real football team. Officials said six people survived.https://159e67d4b4104ec3148b91a88249cb14.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-45/html/container.html?n=0

Searching the wreckage


Rescue crews work in the wreckage of a charter plane that crashed near Medellin, Colombia, with members of the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense on board.