Families prepare to receive the dead from Colombia crash

Brazil legend Pele has been left devastated by the Chapecoense air tragedy just like the rest of the world. Aviation officials investigating the plane crash confirmed that the plane indeed lacked fuel, including a standard reserve equivalent to no less than 30 minutes of flight in case of emergencies. Upegui was in contact with air traffic controllers near Medellin’s Jose Maria Cordova airport when the chartered plane slammed into the mountainside.

A small Brazilian city that was captivated by the rise of its modest soccer club planned on Saturday to bury the dead from a plane crash that claimed most of the team’s players and staff.

“We want to say to millions of Brazilians, especially the families, sons, parents and brothers in Chapeco that we are very sorry”, Molina, a former Bolivian senator living in exile in Brazil, told GloboNews. The other three survivors are Bolivian crew members and a journalist.

Hundreds of people flocked to the Arena Conda, in Chapecó, on Tuesday to honor their fallen soccer heroes, praying and chanting to show their solidarity with the players’ families.

Authorities in Bolivia have chose to suspend the airline whose plane crashed near Medellin, Colombia three days ago.

“The pilot was the one who took the decision”.

Initial findings by aviation investigations suggested that the aircraft ran out of fuel at the point of impact. The team was on its way to play in the Copa Sudamericana Finals when the plane went down. “It was the airline that got in touch with us because they have experience in doing these long flights in South America”, he said. “I wouldn’t have flown direct”, the executive, Marco Rocha, said.

A black bow hangs outside the office of LaMia airline in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Friday, Dec. 2, 2016.

Colombian authorities say evidence is growing that the plane crashed because it ran out of fuel as it tried to land.

Sisy, who was also a famous model in Columbia, was celebrating her first flight as co-pilot on a civilian flight.

As the jetliner circled in a holding pattern, the pilot grew more desperate.

An earlier report carried by Brazil’s O Globo newspaper suggested that because of a delayed departure, a refuelling stop in Cobija – on the border between Brazil and Bolivia – was abandoned because the airport did not operate at night. It was too late.

The father of Chapecoense defender Filipe Machado was among the relatives criticizing the pilot.

Williams Brasiliano, who is the uncle of midfielder Arthur Maia, said that the team may not have been on a charter flight if they were part of a bigger operation.