Brazil's Chapecoense football team in Colombia plane crash

A plane carrying 77 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on
its approach to the city of Medellin in Colombia.
Colombia's civil aviation body says only six people survived the crash, blamed on an
electrical fault.
The chartered aircraft, flying from Brazil via Bolivia, was carrying members of the
Chapecoense team.
The team had been due to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana, against
Medellin team Atletico Nacional.
Organisers say Atletico Nacional has asked for Chapecoense to be awarded the cup.
Brazilian clubs have offered to lend players to them for free for the next year.
Colombian aviation officials said there were 21 journalists on board.
The plane lost contact with ground controllers as it approached Medellin at about
22:15 (03:45 GMT), after the pilot reported an electrical fault. It came down in a
mountainous area.
At least two of the survivors are footballers. They were confirmed to be defender
Alan Ruschel and reserve goalkeeper Jackson Follman.
Some reports suggest another defender, Helio Neto, was also rescued.
Goalkeeper Marcos Padilha, also known as Danilo, was pulled alive from the
wreckage but a spokesman said he later died in hospital.
The sports network Telemundo Deportes tweeted (in Spanish) that Ruschel was in
shock but conscious and talking, and had asked to keep his wedding ring and to see
his family.
Chapecoense: Brazilian team win first game since plane crash
Chapecoense have won their first game since most of their team were killed in a
plane crash on 29 November.
Seventy-one people, including 19 players and staff, were killed as the Brazilian team
travelled to Colombia for the final of the Copa Sudamericana.
The club have since signed 22 new players and appointed a new manager.
They beat Inter de Lages 2-1 in the state competition they won last season, with
goals from Niltinho and Wellington Paulista at the Arena Conda stadium.
It was only their second competitive game since the crash.

The team drew 0-0 with Joinville in the Primeira Liga - a different competition - on
Thursday.