One of the worst sports team disasters....plane crash kills almost the entire team

[kickserv]

This has to be one of the worst disasters when it comes to a pro sports team......almost all of them dead (including some coaches/management), very sad.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...board-plane-that-crashed-over-colombia-latest



The team just won their Copa Sudamericana semi-final and were getting ready for the final, video of them celebrating......


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Days later almost all of them are dead.



http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/29/americas/colombia-plane-accident/index.html


Looks like the plane might have run out of fuel.

 

[AR182]

Horrible!!....May they RIP!!

 

[Morris]

Tragic story and possibly could have been prevented.

 

[yyz]

What time zone was this in?

 

[kickserv]

Three soccer players, two crew members and one journalist survived.

75 died.

 

[JT]

Sad. I was reading the wikipedia page on this. A stewardess who survived claimed the jet ran out of fuel. It didn't catch fire so that makes sense. A one jet charter airline with a plane 16 years old.

 

[kickserv]

Jet may have run out of fuel

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/29/americas/colombia-plane-crash-investigation/index.html