The first division Chapecoense football team was among the 72 passengers and nine crew on board the plane when it crashed around 10:15pm (local time) on Monday after reporting electrical issues.

There were reports of at least six survivors being found before rescue operations were suspended due to heavy rain in the crash site, in a mountainous area near the international airport in the city of Medellin.

"Tonight it was reported that a plane coming from Viru Viru airport in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, which should have landed at Jose Maria Cordova, airport had gone off course," a Colombian rescue official, Mauricio Parodi, earlier told reporters.

Authorities and rescuers were immediately activated but poor weather conditions made the crash site only accessible only by road.

"It's a tragedy of huge proportions," Medellin's Mayor Federico Gutierrez Gutierrez told Blu Radio on his way to the site.

The South American soccer federation cancelled all activities until further notice as a result of the crash.

The CONMEBOL federation said in a statement that its president, Alejandro Dominguez, was on his way to Medellin.

The Chapecoense team had been due to face Atletico Nacional of Medellin in the first leg of Wednesday's Sudamericana final, South America's equivalent of the Europa League.

It was the first time the small club from Chapeco had ever reached the final of a major South American club competition but they were underdogs against a club going for a rare double after winning the Copa Libertadores in July.

In a statement on its Facebook page, Chapecoense said "may God accompany our athletes, officials, journalists and other guests traveling with our delegation".

The team said it would refrain from any further statements until it had fully evaluated the extent of the crash.

Reuters/AP

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Sad!

This is so tragic. Now, I have a phobia for flying. This is a huge loss.

Choi

so sad

Rip

RIP to the player and the crew

Lord have mercy

No!

sad

omg!
Calamities are not our portion.
May they rest in peace . Amen.

God have mercy.

God have mercy on us..

God please protect them. Grant fortitude to the family of the deceased

RIP.... A debt we all owe.

*heavenly truth*

May God keep us all... !

Sad sad

very sad news...

I cant remember the last time I heard of plane crash in Nigeria.

Credit to our past Aviation Ministers


• Olusegun Agagu
• Babalola Borishade
• Kema Chikwe
• Femi Fani-Kayode
• Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi


Special thanks to CHIEF FEMI FANI KAYODE for grounding JIMOH IBRAHIM'S flying coffins he put in the market for Nigerians.

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Shiit is crazy mehnn heard this news and I'm Like WTF

too sad

Astaghfirullah

Chai! And I almost use these guys for my betting last night. Rip to the dead

Sad.

weeeyy them gatuso?

oh lawd


too bad...yet someone will still come here and blame buhari for this.

Mehn... Eleyi Gidi gan ooo Mehn... Eleyi Gidi gan ooo

Hope there'll be more survivors

this is sad new. may their souls rest in peace.