MEDELLIN, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Survivors of the Colombia air disaster remained in hospital on Wednesday as they recovered from the worst plane crash this year. Six people were pulled alive from the wreckage of the LAMIA airlines charter plane that crashed into a hillside near Medellin on Monda...
"Unfortunately, there are no survivors. We have 37 personnel working at the site, and we are expediting the second stage, which involves recovering the bodies and coordinating with judicial police," said Carlos Rios Puerta, director of Antioquia's risk management department. Adverse weather conditio...
The plane's pilot, Captain Carlos Mario Ceballos, died in the crash and rescuers found his body in the aircraft. They discovered the doors of the plane ajar and suspected that survivors may have climbed out. A 14-person search-and-rescue team scoured the dense forest for several days befo...
The entire Chapecoense football team were on board the British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane, as well as several journalists. "There has been a great loss of human lives," Medellin mayor Federico Gutierrez Zuluaga said. "It's a true tragedy what has happened. We deeply regret this loss a...
Survivors included Chapecoense players Jackson Follman, Alan Ruschel, Marcos Danilo Padilha and Helio Hermito Zampier Neto. Bolivian flight attendant Ximena Suarez and Brazilian journalist Rafael Henzel were also receiving treatment in hospital. Chapecoense goalkeeper Danilo, who had originally survived ...
Survivors included Chapecoense players Jackson Follman, Alan Ruschel, Marcos Danilo Padilha and Helio Hermito Zampier Neto. Bolivian flight attendant Ximena Suarez and Brazilian journalist Rafael Henzel were also receiving treatment in hospital. Chapecoense goalkeeper Danilo, who had originally survived ...
The plane's black box recorders have been found, but there was no word on how long it would take__9.(analyze) them. The dead included most of the team and 20 Brazilian journalists traveling to cover 10.match. The six survivors are being treated in hospital. ...
Colombia’s civil aviation agency says at least three Chapecoence players, two plane crew members and one journalist survived the crash. Reports about the number of survivors have varied overnight because of confusion amid the emergency.
Alfredo Bocanegra, the head of Colombia's aviation authority, said initial reports suggest the aircraft was suffering electrical problems although investigators were also looking into an account from one of the survivors that the plane had run out of fuel about five minutes from its expected landi...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- There were no scenes of panic in the moments before the plane crash that wiped out a Brazilian football team in Colombia last week, according to one of the survivors. Bolivian flight attendant Erwin Tumiri was one of only six people pulled alive from...