According to updated data, the death toll of the Colombia plane crash is 71, not 75 as previously reported, Carlos Ivan Marquez – director of the anti-disaster center of Colombia told Ondo Cero.
Colombian authorities issue updated death toll data of plane crash
STEPANAKERT, NOVEMBER 30, ARTSAKHPRESS: “The search operations are completed, the results are the following: 6 people were injured and 71 were killed, overall there were 77 people”, he said. It turned out that 4 passengers refused to board the flight at the last moment.
Players, coaches and invited guests from Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team were on board the charter flight. Three football players survived. Overall 22 players of the football club were on board. In addition to the three footballers, a flight attendant, a reporter and aviation technician survived the crash.
The aircraft belonged to the Bolivian Lamia airlines.
Brazil’s President Michel Temer had earlier announced a three-day mourning.
