Apparently more than 100,000 Atlético Nacional fans inside and on the outskirts of the Atanasio Girardot to pay tribute to Chapecoense pic.twitter.com/JhoRPSR5WJ
— Escojar (@Escojar) December 1, 2016
Today, Colombian authorities claim that the plane carrying the Chapecoense Brazilian football team that plunged into a mountainside near Medellin late on Monday crashed because it ran out of fuel while attempting to land. The plane reportedly had no fuel on impact, authorities claim. Only six of the 77 people on board the plane survived.
According to BBC, in a leaked tape, the pilot can be heard warning of a “total electric failure” and “lack of fuel”. Just before the tape ends, he says he is flying at an altitude of 9,000ft.
Chapecoense was set to play a cup final against Atletico Nacional in Medellin on Wednesday evening and while that game was obviously canceled, thousands of the team’s supporters filled the stadium and flooded the streets in honor of the fallen. The images made the hair on my arms stand up.
https://twitter.com/rebollosep/status/804095628334813189
Unbelievable what Atlético Nacional are doing pic.twitter.com/CMtf910pIc
— Escojar (@Escojar) December 1, 2016
— FCL 🐘 (@fclt1981) December 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/messi10stats/status/804148754421084160
Fox Sports Brazil, who reportedly had six employees on the flight, decided to air the below message for an hour and a half during the time slotted for the game.
Chapecoense was supposed to play Atletico Nacional now. Fox Sports in Brazil airing a black screen with a hashtag "90 minutes of silence" 👏 pic.twitter.com/QbBw5XWp8v
— Guilherme Cruz (@guicruzzz) December 1, 2016
[h/t Uproxx]