Why did the plane crash from the Brazilian team? Plane carrying Brazilian team crashes in Colombia

On November 29, 2016, a plane crashed in Colombia: read what is known about the tragedy, as well as 9 more stories in which people survived plane crashes

On November 29, a plane crashed in Colombia. The charter plane was flying from Bolivia to the Colombian city of Medellin. There were 81 people on board.

On board were the players of the Brazilian club Chapecoense and the journalists who accompanied them. They were flying to the Copa Sudamericana final match against Atlético Nacional.

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A few minutes after takeoff, the ship crashed. Before the accident, the pilots informed dispatchers about a failure in the electrical system. They were given permission for an emergency landing. However, the plane did not reach its destination - it crashed in the mountains.

Rescuers immediately went to the scene of the plane crash, but heavy rains disrupted the search. According to preliminary data, the plane broke into two parts. However, it did not explode when it hit the ground, which allowed some passengers to survive.

Lack of fuel is cited as the cause of the plane crash in Colombia. The Spanish publication RTVE writes that shortly before the tragedy, the crew gave signals about low fuel levels. After the plane crash, rescuers managed to find six survivors, and three football players who did not fly to Colombia were also lucky.

Considering that the history of aviation knows many cases where people survived plane crashes, the editors of tochka.net decided to tell you about those cases when people, indeed, were born wearing shirts.

• December 23, 1971

A LANSA Lockheed L-188A with 92 passengers on board took off from the capital of Peru, Lima, heading for the city of Pucallpa. 500 km northeast of the country's capital, the airliner fell into a vast thunderstorm area, broke up in the air and fell into the jungle from a height of 2 km. Only 17-year-old Juliana Kepka managed to survive the terrible disaster. The girl was saved by the fact that the chair she was sitting on did not fall off a piece of the fuselage and, together with it, landed on a tree. Freed from her belts, Kepke wandered through the jungle for 10 days until she came to a settlement of Peruvian Indians.

• January 26, 1972

Croatian terrorists blew up a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 passenger plane over the Czech town of Serbska Kamenice. The plane was traveling from Copenhagen to Zagreb, with 28 people on board. The bomb, planted in the luggage compartment, detonated at an altitude of 10,160 meters. 27 passengers and crew were killed, however 22-year-old flight attendant Vesna Vulović survived after falling from a height of more than 10 kilometers. The plane crashed into snow-covered trees, and a few hours after the tragedy, a qualified physician turned up at the scene of the disaster and recognized Vesna’s signs of life. Quick help saved the girl's life. The miraculous rescue of Vesna Vulovich was even included in the Guinness Book of Records as the highest altitude jump without a parachute.

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• August 24, 1981

An Aeroflot An-24 passenger plane and a USSR Air Force Tu-16 bomber collided in the Far East. Among the people on these two planes, only 20-year-old Larisa Savitskaya, who was returning with her husband from a honeymoon, survived. The girl, who, by the way, was not wearing a seat belt, was saved by the fact that she was in the tail section of a passenger plane, and a piece of the fuselage fell with her onto an island of birch trees. Three days later, rescuers found her with serious injuries. Larisa Savitskaya is mentioned twice in the Guinness Book of Records: as a survivor of a plane crash and as someone who received the smallest compensation - 75 rubles.

• August 12, 1985

A Boeing 747SR-46 of the Japanese airline Japan Airlines crashed 100 km from Tokyo in the area of ​​Mount Takamagahara. Of the 15 crew members and 505 passengers, only four women survived: 24-year-old Japan Airline employee Hiroko Yoshizaki, a 34-year-old passenger on the plane and her eight-year-old daughter Mikiko, and 12-year-old Keiko Kawakami, who was found sitting in a tree. This disaster has been called the largest single aircraft crash in the history of world aviation. 514 people died then.

• July 28, 2002

At Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, an Il-85 crashed immediately after takeoff, with 16 people on board: four pilots, 10 flight attendants and two engineers. 200 m after the plane took off from the ground, there was a loss of engine power, the plane fell onto the left wing and crashed, after which an explosion occurred. Then only two flight attendants managed to survive: Tatyana Moiseeva and Arina Vinogradova. Vinogradova, some time after being discharged from the hospital and completing a rehabilitation course, returned to work, and Moiseeva decided not to tempt fate and stay on earth.

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• July 8, 2003

A Boeing 737-2J8C, en route from Port Sudan to Khartoum, crashed in the desert on the shores of the Red Sea. After the crash, the plane caught fire. Of the 117 on board, only a two-year-old Sudanese boy survived without even being injured.

• January 9, 2009

A Gazpromavia Mi-171 helicopter with high-ranking officials on board crashed in the Altai Territory. As the investigation established, three crew members and eight passengers were engaged in shooting animals from the aircraft in violation of all rules. During the hunt, the crew descended in the mountains to an unacceptably low altitude, and the helicopter lost control. The victims of the disaster were five passengers and two crew members. Four, including the co-pilot of the rotorcraft, managed to escape.

• January 16, 2009

Miraculously, 155 passengers of the Airbus A-320, which landed on the surface of Hudson Bay, were saved. A passenger airliner en route to North Carolina collided with a flock of birds minutes after takeoff, causing the ship's engines to shut down. To avoid disaster, the aircraft commander decided to glide to the surface of the water. The landing was rough, but none of the passengers were seriously injured. Within minutes, they were all evacuated by coast guard boats. 78 people were sent for examination with suspected hypothermia.

• June 28, 2009

A single-engine Cessna-172 Skyhawk crashed near Rimrock Lake in Washington state. At the time of the crash, 37-year-old Justin Reid and his two children, 13-year-old Parrin and five-year-old Julia, were on board. Father and son died immediately after colliding with the ground; only the girl managed to escape. Julia suffered a severe head injury and multiple fractures.

Rescuers near the site of a plane crash in Colombia

On November 29, a plane from Brazil with a football team on board crashed in Colombia. NV monitors all the details

22:33 Black boxes discovered

In the evening, rescuers found the plane's flight recorders. The black boxes are in good condition.

18:46 Cup for Chapecoense

The Colombian football club Atlético Nacional, with whom the Brazilian team Chapecoense, which crashed in a plane crash, was supposed to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana, asked to give it the trophy.

18:27 Latest video from the plane that crashed in Colombia

18:07 Miraculous rescues

The son of the head coach of Chapecoense forgot his passport at home and could not get on the flight. And goalkeeper Marcelo did not fly with the team because he was celebrating his birthday.

16:37 Six survivors

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed that six people survived the plane crash.

Chapecoense defender Alan Ruschel;

Goalkeeper Jackson Folman;

Defender Zampier Neto;

Flight attendant Ximena Suarez;

Brazilian sports journalist Rafael Henzel;

Flight engineer Ervina Tumiri.

16:08 Photo of the plane crash in Colombia

14:11 Media: Goalkeeper died

360 Radio Colombia, globoesportecom and Noticias Caracol report that another survivor of the plane crash, Chapecoense goalkeeper Danilo, has died in hospital.

14:02 Media: another survivor found

Caracol TV reports that defender Zampier Neto was found alive at the site of a plane crash in Colombia. He is taken to the nearest medical center.

13:50 Mourning declared in Brazil

Brazil has declared mourning after a plane crash in Colombia carrying Brazilian football players.

13:26 Brazilians from Donetsk Shakhtar about the plane crash in Colombia

Shakhtar's Brazilian legionnaires commented on the plane crash in Colombia. Fred admitted that it was difficult for him to wake up to the news. Dentinho asked God to protect everyone who was involved in this plane crash.

12:11 New data on the dead

Reuters: Plane crash in Colombia killed 76 people, five survived.

11:44 Rescue operations suspended

360 Radio Colombia reports: There are no more survivors at the site of the Colombia plane crash, which is why search and rescue efforts have been suspended.

10:57 First video from the plane crash site in Colombia

10:56 Conflicting data on survivors

It is not yet clear how many lives the plane crash in Colombia claimed. According to the latest data from Radio 360, 75 people died as a result of the plane crash, only six survived.

10:29 Media reported survivors

Chapecoense defender Alan Ruschel, goalkeeper Danilo Padilla and one of the flight attendants survived, according to RCN radio. The footballers were taken to the San Juan de Dios hospital in the municipality of La Ceja (Department of Antioquia), and a flight attendant will soon be brought there. Rouschel, 27, was reported to have suffered a broken femur and a head injury.

Radio 360 reports that a Brazilian journalist is among the survivors of a plane crash in Colombia. He was taken to the hospital. According to the publication, as a result of the accident, the plane broke into two parts.

10:15 What is known about the Chapecoense football club

Chapecoense is a Brazilian football club based in the city of Chapeco, state of Santa Catarina. Since 2014, he has been playing in Serie A of the Brazilian Championship. Founded on May 10, 1973 by the merger of Atlético Chapecoense and Independente.

Already in 1977, the club won its first title of champions of the state of Santa Catarina, beating Avai in the final of the tournament with a score of 1:0. A year later, Chapecoense made its debut in the top division of the Brazilian championship - Serie A. In its first season in the elite, the team finished in 51st place. In 1979, Chapecoense finished 93rd in Serie A before being relegated.

In 1996, Chapecoense won its second state championship.

In 2007, the team won the state championship for the third time, and also took part in Serie C of Brazil, where they qualified thanks to their victory in the 2006 State Cup.

10:13 25 dead reported

The Airlive portal reported that the plane crash in Colombia claimed the lives of 25 people.

09:54 All sporting events are canceled in Colombia

The South American Football Confederation has canceled all sporting events due to the plane crash in Colombia.

The message also noted that the President of Colombia is now heading to the crash site.

Colombian football club Atlético Nacional expressed its condolences to the families and friends of the Brazilian team Chapecoense. The teams were supposed to play against each other in the Colombian city of Medellin. This would have been the first (of two) Copa Sudamericana final match. The game was scheduled for the evening of November 30 (night of December 1, Kyiv time).

09:30 Media report 10 survivors

News site mioriente.com reported that at least ten people survived the plane crash in Colombia.

In turn, 360 Radio Colombia reports that 27 Brazilian football players were on the plane, one of them, defender Alan Ruschel, survived.

08:26 First photos published from the plane crash site in Colombia

The first photos have appeared from the plane crash site in Colombia.

08:00 Plane crash in Colombia: first data

It is reported that a plane from Brazil crashed in Colombia with more than 80 people on board, including players from the Chapecoense team from the city of Chapeco, which plays in the Serie A of the Brazilian championship. The athletes were heading to the final match of the South American Cup against the local Atlético team.

The plane crash occurred at 22:15 local time (07:15 Kyiv time on Tuesday, November 29).

According to the flight safety service of the Antioquia department, the plane disappeared from radar screens near Mount El Gordo.

The tragedy happened in the morning, Moscow time, when the plane traveled most of the way to Medellin International Airport in the capital of Colombia, Bogota.

There were 81 people on board, of whom nine were crew members and 72 were passengers. Among the passengers were 27 Chapecoense football players, as well as members of the club delegation and journalists.

The exact number of victims has not been reported at the moment, and in the club’s Facebook group, fans leave messages on the wall with the hashtag “live.”

The actions of rescuers are complicated by the fact that the plane crashed in a mountainous area, but one of the Colombian hospitals has already reported the admission of five passengers who survived the accident, and then another five.

Radio station 360 Radio Colombia reported that the crew of the charter flight signaled to ground services that the fuel level was low. The pilot decided to make an emergency landing, but the plane did not reach the nearest airport and crashed in the La Union area, 37 km from its destination - the city of Medellin.

In addition, the first photos from the scene of the incident appeared online. One of them shows the emblem of the Brazilian club.

According to the latest information, from ten to 16 people survived, and among them there are definitely three Chapecoense players: Alan Ruschel, Danilo Padilla and Jackson Vollman. It is reported that at least 25 people have already become victims of the tragedy.

The dispatchers became aware that the plane's electronics had failed even before the crash after a message from the pilot, who then circled over the ground for a long time, choosing a place for an emergency landing so that the plane would not explode on contact with the ground, which helped some passengers survive.

Chapecoense was founded in 1973, is a five-time champion of the state of Santa Catarina and is currently ranked ninth in the Brazilian Football Confederation rankings.

In 2013, the club from Chapeco, finishing second in Serie B, returned to the elite national division after 35 years.

It is interesting that first place in the Serie B championship that year was taken by the most titled Brazilian club, Palmeiras, which this season, one round before the finish of the championship, scored its ninth victory in the Brazilian national championship.

It was in the match against Chapecoense, which currently occupies ninth place in the championship table, that Palmeiras won the title, winning with a score of 1:0.

Chapecoense, after returning to the elite, took first 15th and then 14th place and, at the end of the 2015 season, qualified for the second most important club tournament in South America - the Sudamericana Cup.

According to the tournament regulations, Brazilian teams will start in the second stage with confrontations with their compatriots. To get into the main draw, Chapecoense had to overcome the resistance of Cuiaba from Serie C, which was done, although not without difficulty (0:1, 3:1).

In the main round, Chapecoense first faced Argentina's Independiente and advanced to the quarter-finals after two goalless draws and a penalty shootout victory.

In the quarterfinals, the Brazilian team beat the Colombian Junior (0:1, 3:0), and then in the semifinals, thanks to an away goal, they were stronger than the Argentine San Lorenzo (1:1, 0:0).

In the final, Chapecoense was scheduled to meet another Colombian team, Atlético Nacional. The first meeting was scheduled for November 30 and was to take place in the capital of Colombia, and on December 7 the rivals were to play in Chapeco.

The fate of the final is currently unknown, but, apparently, CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation) will cancel the confrontation, and the winner will not be revealed this year.

The most famous Chapecoense footballer is a midfielder who played for Atlético Madrid from 2007 to 2010.

The team's only foreign player, the 28-year-old Argentine, played 13 matches for the Spanish Villarreal in 2012, scoring one goal.

The team's most promising football player is a player from the Brazilian youth team, bought before the current season from Gremio by the German Hoffenheim, but loaned to Chapecoense.

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17:21 01/12/2016 Experts have completed the identification of all victims of the plane crash.

21:54 30/11/2016 Lack of fuel was named as the main reason for the plane crash. Experts investigating the incident believe that at the time of takeoff, the aircraft was not properly refueled.

08:00 30/11/2016 Rescuers found the bodies of 66 dead people at the scene of the plane crash.

15:32 29/11/2016 The bodies of 35 dead people are displayed at the site of the plane crash.

13:45 11/29/2016 One of the victims of the plane crash died. Doctors continue to fight for the lives of the remaining survivors.

11:18 29/11/2016 The first versions of the plane crash with Brazilian football players have been named. Among the main ones are technical failure of control and lack of fuel.

9:02 11/29/2016 At the scene of the plane crash, rescuers managed to find several survivors - their condition is critical, but doctors are making every effort to save people’s lives. The search and rescue operation was significantly complicated by unfavorable weather conditions and darkness.

8:36 11/29/2016 A plane with 81 people on board crashed in the suburbs of the Colombian city of Rionegro. Search and rescue operations are being carried out at the crash site. The first victims have been discovered.

Chronicle of events in the skies over Colombia

Taking into account the official information provided by the authorities of Brazil and Colombia, while flying from Bolivia to Colombia, the Avro RJ85 plane crashed near the Colombian city of Rionegro, where the plane with 72 passengers and 9 crew members was heading. The tragic plane crash actually occurred a few minutes before the passenger plane landed at its destination, however, the official circumstances of the aircraft crash have not yet been made public.

Causes and circumstances of the plane crash near Rionegro

Despite the fact that the authorities of Colombia and Brazil currently refuse to comment in any way on the plane crash, some details have become known that make it possible to find possible facts related to the tragedy.

Technical problem

Already in the first minutes after information about the plane crash with 72 passengers on board was officially confirmed, information appeared about a possible technical malfunction of the aircraft, which the crew commander reported to the Rionegro air traffic controller. According to preliminary information, the crew experienced serious problems with controlling the aircraft, in particular, this began to manifest itself when the altitude was reduced, which is why the Medellin Cordoba airport dispatcher gave the pilots priority to land. This version has not been officially commented on by the authorities, however, in the ongoing investigation it is taken into account as quite probable.

Fuel shortage

Another version of the plane crash that occurred on November 29, 2016 near the Colombian city of Rionegro is considered to be a lack of fuel in the aircraft’s fuel tanks. Taking into account the fact that it was documented that the plane was refueled, and also taking into account the pre-flight check of the systems, there should have been enough fuel in the tanks of the plane to successfully complete this flight, which quite likely leads to the fact that the fuel tanks leaked during the flight . Damage to the fuel tanks could have occurred either due to a mechanical shock, or due to thermal stresses, in particular, during temperature changes, the fuel tanks could have cracked, which is quite probable, since the pilot did not report the first circumstance to the dispatchers.

Consequences of the plane crash, dead and injured.

Despite the fact that the plane carrying 81 people fell from a fairly high altitude, scattering upon impact with the ground into a large number of separate parts, rescuers working at the scene of the crash were still able to find survivors - at the moment we are talking about 10 people , some of which are in critical condition. Experts have already found 25 victims of this tragic plane crash, however, taking into account the fact that many survivors have been found, rescuers believe that there may well be people under the remaining wreckage who can still be saved.

There were 81 people and crew on board the passenger airliner that crashed in Colombia, including players from a Brazilian football club. During the search and rescue operation, survivors were found, but the exact number is not yet known.

Reports that began to emerge in the first hours after the crash gave hope. There are survivors. True, for a long time they could not give exact numbers. Later the first names appeared. Thus, one of the Colombian radio stations reported that among the survivors was Alan Ruschel, a defender of the Chapecoense football team. He has a broken femur and a head injury. Goalkeeper Danilo Padilla and one of the flight attendants also survived.

“Soon the doctors will bring the surviving flight attendant, her condition is stable. It is very difficult to get to the scene of the disaster; ordinary cars will not get there. It’s great that there are survivors, there are many of them, but we can’t say exactly how many,” said one of the rescuers.

Then the information about a large number of survivors was denied by the authorities. Only six were taken to the hospital. Already in the hospital, one of the patients died. But a few hours later - again an urgent message from Colombian radio: “Authorities confirm the discovery of another survivor.” At the same time, they say that we are talking about the Brazilian football player Hélio Zampier Neto.

According to official data, 75 people were killed. In total, there were 72 passengers and nine crew members on board the crashed plane.

Here in the video footage you can see how the airliner disappears from the radar screens. The plane was heading to Medellin, Colombia's second largest city and its industrial capital. The players of the Chapecoense club flew there to play for the Copa Sudamericana with the local Atlético Nacional. The match was scheduled for tomorrow.

The footage posted on YouTube was filmed at the departure airport in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. On them the football players are preparing to land. Footage also emerged taken by survivor Alan Ruschel inside the plane. He shows the passengers sitting next to him. There is also a photo taken today in the team's locker room. It shows three football players who did not fly to the game in Colombia.

Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez today sent words of condolences to the families and friends of the victims.

“It is very sad to confirm such information. All that can be done now is to help the work of doctors and rescuers. This is truly a tragedy. It's hard to imagine. We want to express words of support to the families of the deceased football players from Brazil,” the mayor said

Local media say that there was bad weather in the area of ​​the disaster. According to the administration of the airport where the plane was departing, the crew reported an emergency at ten o'clock in the evening local time. It was six in the morning in Moscow at that time. The crew reported problems with electrical equipment.