Plane crash - Chapecoense FC - Awarded Copa Sudamericana - first game back today. P25

[west didsblue]

Very sad news.

Unfortunately there's a local connection. The aircraft was an Avro RJ85 manufactured at Woodford in 1999.

 

[Centurions]

Here in Brazil the media reports 76 deaths.

A sad day. The country is shocked this morning.

Yeah, I've just seen the latest tweet on the BBC twitter.

 

[meeesh]

Absolutely horrific,RIP to all involved

 

[Sir peace frog]

it was the same plane that took Argentina to brazil ,very sad news rip all

 

[SWP's back]

And this is why i have never set foot on a plane and never will,people keep saying there safe but they keep going down,R.I.P.to those that did not make it.

Hope you don't walk on a pavement, cross a road or get in a car. Higher chance of dying doing any of those thing.

 

[domalino]

The complete list of survivors so far, according to Colombian networks Caracoltv and Telemedellín:

Defender Alan Ruschel, transferred to the San Vicente de Paúl hospital in Rionegro;

Goalkeeper Marcos Danilo;

Flight attendant Jimena Suárez;

Goalkeeper Jakson Follman;

Journalist Rafael Henzel.


8 of their players didn't fly, presumably because they weren't going to feature in the game. The club is comparable to Swansea circa 2013 by the sounds of it - they'd rapidly risen up from the 4th division in Brazil, got plaudits for how they were run on and off the pitch and had just reached the South American equivalent of the Europa League final, which would have been the highlight of their club's history win or lose.



Absolutely tragic, it's hard to even imagine how I'd feel if the same sort of thing happened to us.

 

[SWP's back]

it was the same plane that took Argentina to brazil ,very sad news rip all

It's bloody awful. So sad.

 

[TonyM]

Very sad. Thinking of their poor families at this horrific time.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Horrendous news.

 

[Falcao]

Awful news.