The plane carrying the Brazilian team crashed, details. A plane carrying football players crashed in Colombia: all the details. 56 Conflicting data on survivors

On the night of November 29, a regional airliner carrying players from the Brazilian club Chapecoense crashed in Colombia. Club employees and journalists were also on board. 76 people died, five more were taken to hospital by rescuers.

The plane crashed for an unknown reason before reaching 30 kilometers from Medellin airport in Colombia.

The airliner LMI2933 took off from the Bolivian Santa Cruz de la Sierra at 18:18 pm on November 28 local time (1:18 Moscow time). In five hours (6:00 Moscow time) the pilots reported dispatchers about problems on board related to power supply. The airport cleared the runway for an emergency landing, and the plane began flying in circles to run out of fuel, according to FlightRadar24 data.

Another 15 minutes later the plane crashed near the city of La Union. It broke into two pieces when it hit the ground. What exactly caused the disaster is unknown. Rescuers have not yet found the flight recorders; Search efforts have been suspended due to heavy rain. It is possible that the plane may have run out of fuel.

Almost the entire Chapecoense football team died in the disaster.

The Brazilian club was flying to Medellin for the final match of the Copa Sudamericana, in which Chapecoense was to meet with the Colombian Atlético Nacional. There were 22 football players on the plane. In addition, there were 25 more club representatives on board (coaches, doctors, managers), as well as data Caracol Radio, three “friends of the club”. 22 journalists flew with Chapecoense to the match. According to the latest data, 76 people died.

Five people survived

Rescuers took four passengers and a flight attendant to the hospital. The condition of the two victims is assessed as stable, the surviving football player Alan Ruschel is conscious. In addition to Ruschel, goalkeepers Marcos Danilo and Jackson Folman survived the crash. Brazilian journalist Rafael Hensel also managed to escape. The only survivor of the crew was flight attendant Ximena Suarez.

The Civil Aviation Authority also reported that flight engineer Erwin Tumiri survived the crash. Local media learned, that defender Elio Neto could also survive the fall. Officially, the police reported that only five people survived; another victim died on the way to the hospital.

The team should not have been on this flight

According to El Tiempo, shortly before departure, the Brazilian Civil Aviation Authority banned Chapecoense from chartering to Medellin, forcing the team to book a commercial flight.

Football clubs around the world expressed their condolences to the Brazilian team

One of the first about solidarity announced at Atlético Nacional, with whom Chapecoense was flying to a match. Words of condolences came from other clubs and players, including Russian. The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has already announced that all games will be suspended for now.

Manchester United's thoughts are with Chapecoense and those affected by the tragedy in Colombia.

Updated:

Black boxes from crashed plane in Colombia found

The flight recorders of the plane that crashed on November 29, 30 kilometers from Medellin airport, have been found in Colombia. This was reported by the Colombian Civil Aviation Authority.

The black boxes are in good condition, the department said.

Plane that crashed in Colombia required landing due to lack of fuel

Before the disaster, the pilot of flight LMI2933 that crashed in Colombia, Miguel Quiroga, loudly demanded from air traffic controllers to land due to lack of fuel. Sources of the newspaper El Tiempo told about this.

By the time of the fall, the plane was already making its third waiting circle near the airport, since landing priority was assigned to another flight from Bogota, which had previously reported problems with its instruments.

Surviving flight attendant Jimena Suarez also spoke about the fuel shortage. However, in the official preliminary report on the crash, Colombian authorities stated that the pilot reported to dispatchers only about problems with electronics.

Rescuers also finally established the number of victims of the disaster. There were only 68 passengers on board, not 72 as previously reported. Four people missed their flight. Of the 77 passengers and crew members, seven survived the disaster; one survivor subsequently died in hospital.

Sources say the pilot of the LaMia flight, Miguel Alejandro Quiroga Murakami, continuously raised his voice and asked to land due to lack of fuel, and then directed the plane towards the airport (Spanish).EL TIEMPO

In Colombia, not far from Medellin, a plane carrying 72 passengers crashed, including football players from the Brazilian club Chapecoense, who were to take part in the first final match of the Copa Sudamericana against the Colombian Atlético Nacional.

Right now, 25 people are known to have died. The full list of people who got on board is known - in addition to the football players and the plane crew (there were 9 crew members), there were also Chapecoense executives, coaching staff, technical staff, journalists and honored guests.

What team crashed?

Chapecoense is a little-known team in Russia; people familiar to our fans do not play for it. In 2014, Chapecoense entered the Brazilian Serie A for the first time since the 1970s. This fall, for the first time in history, the club reached the final of the Copa Sudamericana, which is the equivalent of the Europa League in South America.

How did this happen?

Citing Colombian sources, Brazil's Globo writes that the plane lost contact with the ground shortly after midnight and crashed shortly before its scheduled arrival. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the pilots as the plane flew over the cities of La Ceja and Aberhorral. The missing plane took off at 15:35 local time from Sao Paulo and landed in Eastern Bolivia, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

The first photographs have already been received from the scene.

Why did this happen?

Mayor of La Ceja Elkin Ospina stated that the cause of the plane crash was a lack of fuel. Another version, in an official release from aviation authorities, states that the plane crashed due to an electrical failure.

What was the team flying on?

Chapecoense was flying on a charter aircraft CP-2933. At the beginning of the month, the Argentina national team flew on it.

An Air Force colonel assures that the plane did not explode during the fall, which gives hope for finding more survivors. At the same time, according to unconfirmed information, the plane split in half when it fell.

What do they say at the scene?

More than 90 rescuers from the surrounding cities of La Union, Rionegro, El Carmen de Vibroal and La Ceja are working on the rescue operation at Medellin airport. Heavy rain complicates the situation. A state of emergency has been declared in the city, and Air Force helicopters are searching for surviving passengers. “It’s hard to find survivors, it’s a wooded area,” he says Hugo Botero Lopez, Mayor of La Union.

“We are working with local authorities in connection with the emergency situation that occurred with the Chapecoense aircraft,” the airport tweeted.

What do they write in Brazil?

Chapecoense posted a short message on their official Facebook page: “Given the conflicting reports coming from different journalistic sources regarding the crash of the plane carrying Chapecoense players, we refrain from commenting and await official statements from the Colombian air authorities. May God be with our athletes, leaders, journalists and other members of the delegation.”

Are there any survivors?

Yes. The defender has already been taken to the La Ceja hospital Alan Ruskel, rescued from the wreckage of the plane. It is reported that Alan has multiple broken bones, hips, and lacerations to the head. The second survivor is the Chapecoense goalkeeper. Danilo Padilla. It’s surprising that before the flight, Ruskel posted a photo of himself on Instagram - just with Danilo. Delivered to hospital Jackson Vollmann.

Another survivor who has already been taken to the hospital is a flight attendant. Jimena Suarez.

The 23rd Chapecoense player was supposed to be on board, but at the last moment he was cut off from the squad. His name has not yet been announced.

Information will be updated.

Rescuers near the site of a plane crash in Colombia

On November 29, a plane from Brazil with a football team on board crashed in Colombia. NV monitors all the details

22:33 Black boxes discovered

In the evening, rescuers found the plane's flight recorders. The black boxes are in good condition.

18:46 Cup for Chapecoense

The Colombian football club Atlético Nacional, with whom the Brazilian team Chapecoense, which crashed in a plane crash, was supposed to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana, asked to give it the trophy.

18:27 Latest video from the plane that crashed in Colombia

18:07 Miraculous rescues

The son of the head coach of Chapecoense forgot his passport at home and was unable to board the flight. But goalkeeper Marcelo did not fly with the team because he was celebrating his birthday.

16:37 Six survivors

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed that six people survived the plane crash.

Chapecoense defender Alan Ruschel;

Goalkeeper Jackson Folman;

Defender Zampier Neto;

Flight attendant Ximena Suarez;

Brazilian sports journalist Rafael Henzel;

Flight engineer Ervina Tumiri.

16:08 Photo of the plane crash in Colombia

14:11 Media: Goalkeeper died

360 Radio Colombia, globoesportecom and Noticias Caracol report that another survivor of the plane crash, Chapecoense goalkeeper Danilo, has died in hospital.

14:02 Media: another survivor found

Caracol TV reports that defender Zampier Neto was found alive at the site of a plane crash in Colombia. He is taken to the nearest medical center.

13:50 Mourning declared in Brazil

Brazil has declared mourning after a plane crash in Colombia carrying Brazilian football players.

13:26 Brazilians from Donetsk Shakhtar about the plane crash in Colombia

Shakhtar's Brazilian legionnaires commented on the plane crash in Colombia. Fred admitted that it was difficult for him to wake up to the news. Dentinho asked God to protect everyone who was involved in this plane crash.

12:11 New data on the dead

Reuters: Plane crash in Colombia killed 76 people, five survived.

11:44 Rescue operations suspended

360 Radio Colombia reports: There are no more survivors at the site of the Colombia plane crash, which is why search and rescue efforts have been suspended.

10:57 First video from the scene of the plane crash in Colombia

10:56 Conflicting data on survivors

It is not yet clear how many lives the plane crash in Colombia claimed. According to the latest data from Radio 360, 75 people died as a result of the plane crash, only six survived.

10:29 Media reported survivors

Chapecoense defender Alan Ruschel, goalkeeper Danilo Padilla and one of the flight attendants survived, according to RCN radio. The footballers were taken to the San Juan de Dios hospital in the municipality of La Ceja (Department of Antioquia), and a flight attendant will soon be brought there. Rouschel, 27, was reported to have suffered a broken femur and a head injury.

Radio 360 reports that a Brazilian journalist is among the survivors of a plane crash in Colombia. He was taken to the hospital. According to the publication, as a result of the accident, the plane broke into two parts.

10:15 What is known about the Chapecoense football club

Chapecoense is a Brazilian football club based in the city of Chapeco, state of Santa Catarina. Since 2014, he has been playing in Serie A of the Brazilian Championship. Founded on May 10, 1973 by the merger of Atlético Chapecoense and Independente.

Already in 1977, the club won its first title as champions of the state of Santa Catarina, beating Avai in the final of the tournament with a score of 1:0. A year later, Chapecoense made its debut in the top division of the Brazilian championship - Serie A. In its first season in the elite, the team finished in 51st place. In 1979, Chapecoense finished 93rd in Serie A before being relegated.

In 1996, Chapecoense won its second state championship.

In 2007, the team won the state championship for the third time, and also took part in the Serie C of Brazil, where they qualified thanks to their victory in the 2006 State Cup.

10:13 25 dead reported

The Airlive portal reported that the plane crash in Colombia claimed the lives of 25 people.

09:54 All sporting events are canceled in Colombia

The South American Football Confederation has canceled all sporting events due to the plane crash in Colombia.

The message also noted that the President of Colombia is now heading to the site of the disaster.

Colombian football club Atlético Nacional expressed its condolences to the families and friends of the Brazilian team Chapecoense. The teams were to play against each other in the Colombian city of Medellin. This would have been the first (of two) Copa Sudamericana final match. The game was scheduled for the evening of November 30 (night of December 1, Kyiv time).

09:30 Media report 10 survivors

News site mioriente.com reported that at least ten people survived the plane crash in Colombia.

In turn, 360 Radio Colombia reports that 27 Brazilian football players were on the plane, one of them, defender Alan Ruschel, survived.

08:26 First photos published from the plane crash site in Colombia

The first photos have appeared from the plane crash site in Colombia.

08:00 Plane crash in Colombia: first data

It is reported that a plane from Brazil crashed in Colombia with more than 80 people on board, including players from the Chapecoense team from the city of Chapeco, playing in the Serie A of the Brazilian championship. The athletes were heading to the final match of the South American Cup against the local Atlético team.

The plane crash occurred at 22:15 local time (07:15 Kyiv time on Tuesday, November 29).

According to the flight safety service of the Antioquia Department, the plane disappeared from radar screens near Mount El Gordo.

Afterwards, rescuers are working with the Brazilian football team Chapecoense on board at the scene of the tragedy, to whose aid the authorities sent the country's army. Military helicopters are helping to urgently transport plane crash survivors to hospitals.

The rescue operation at the scene of the tragedy is complicated by weather conditions and very poor visibility. There is information that the crew drained almost all the fuel during the flight - this allowed the death of all passengers.

Also, several players of the Chapecoense team managed to avoid tragedy, as they did not fly with the team to the game. Among them are midfielder Alejandro Martinucchio, defender Rafael Ramos de Lima, midfielder Odair Souza (Nenem), defender Demerson Bruno Costa, goalkeeper Marcelo Boek, midfielder Andrei Alba, midfielder Hioran Dalmoro, midfielder Ribeiro Santos Moises and goalkeeper Jose Nivaldo Martins Constante.

At the moment, it is known that the list of passengers who survived the plane crash in Colombia included Alan Ruschel, who suffered a hip fracture and an open head wound, flight attendant Ximena Suarez and Chapecoense goalkeeper Danilo Marcos, who is conscious and has already contacted by phone with relatives.

It is known that the survivors of the plane crash in Colombia, defender of the Chapecoense football club Alan Ruschel and goalkeeper Marcos Danilo were sitting next to each other on board the plane.

The list of surviving passengers of the crashed liner in Colombia included the goalkeeper of the Chapecoense football club, Jackson Vollmann.

During the search operation at the crash site of a passenger plane in Colombia, another passenger was rescued. Journalist Rafael Enzel has joined the list of survivors of the plane crash in Colombia. The media representative was urgently hospitalized - he received multiple wounds and bruises, and the journalist was diagnosed with broken ribs.

Colombian police have already confirmed the deaths of 75 passengers on the crashed airliner in Colombia. The official list of survivors of the Colombia plane crash currently includes only five names:

1. Chapecoense defender Alan Ruschel
2. goalkeeper Marcos Danilo
3. goalkeeper Jackson Vollmann
4. Flight attendant Ximena Suarez
5. Brazilian journalist Rafael Enzel

Chapecoense defender Alan Ruschel, who survived the plane crash in Colombia, showed a video from the cabin of the crashed Lamia airline plane, in which he recorded moments of the flight and shared his experiences with fans about the upcoming final match in Colombia for the Copa Sudamericana. Video from the board of the crashed airliner appeared on the Internet during the technical shutdown of the aircraft in Bolivia.

Brazilian Chapecoense football player Philip José Machado, who is currently on the list of those killed in a plane crash in Colombia, also published a video from the cabin shortly before the crash of the Lamia airliner.

It should be added that the players of the Colombian Atlético Nacional team and athletes of the Argentine national team were previously transported on the crashed plane in the province of Antioquia. Latin American media claim that the albiceleste used this plane more than once.

At the same time, the British tabloid The Daily Mail claims that the Brazilian Chapecoense team was supposed to fly to Medellin on a different aircraft. According to the source, local aviation authorities changed the flight plane for the athletes literally at the last moment.

Search and rescue operations at the site of the Lamia airline plane crash continue. The latest video from the scene of the tragedy has appeared on the Internet. The footage clearly shows that the Ministry of Emergency Situations, with the help of representatives of the Colombian army, despite the heavy rain, are actively continuing to search for survivors and passengers of the deceased plane that crashed in Colombia.

A list of passengers flying on board the crashed Lamia airliner appeared on the official page of the Civil Aviation Authority in Colombia. It included the names and dates of birth of the football players of the Brazilian club Chapecoense and the 22 journalists accompanying them.

The published list of passengers flying on board the Lamia Airlines plane that crashed in Colombia includes the son of the ex-CSKA coach, Anderson Paixau. It is reported that he is part of the headquarters of the Chapecoense football club.

According to Argentine journalists, Chapecoense defender Helio Zampier Neto has been added to the list of surviving passengers in the plane crash in Colombia. Information about the sixth survivor of the Lamia airliner crash was also confirmed by the Colombian radio station Radio Caracol.

Chapecoense defender Helio Zampier Neto | social network

According to the latest information from RT in Russian, citing reliable sources, one of the injured passengers in the plane crash in Colombia died on the way to the hospital. This information was confirmed by the head of the police of the Colombian city of Medellin, Jose Acevedo, who did not name the deceased.

Information is being updated.

Athletes fly often - to competitions, training camps, and training. And representatives of team sports also travel together. Therefore, numerous cases from the history of modern sports, when an entire sports team died in a plane crash, are statistically quite understandable. But this in no way diminishes the pain of family, friends and fans. Today we remember the most tragic plane crashes in sports history.

The death of Yaroslavl "Lokomotiv"

Yaroslavl's Lokomotiv had little success in the decade since former head coach Vladimir Vuytek left the team in 2003 after receiving a better offer from ex-rivals Ak Bars Kazan. This, however, did not stop the team from starting each season with full dedication. At the start of the 2011–12 season, the team intended to follow the same course as a member of the Kontinental Hockey League. But on September 7, 2011, during a flight to Minsk for the first game of the season, almost the entire team died in a plane crash. The Yak-42 plane, on which the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv was flying, crashed a few seconds after takeoff from the Yaroslavl Tunoshna airport. One of the team's star players was Alexander Galimov, through whose efforts the team won seven wins and two defeats in the pre-season matches. It was Galimov who scored the last goal in the Lokomotiv games before the plane crash. Galimov survived the crash, but died in hospital five days later. The remaining players, as well as the coaches and technical staff of the team, died on the spot, as did the rest of the passengers and crew members, with the exception of crew engineer Alexander Sizov. The cause of the disaster was recognized as an error by the crew, who, as it turned out, were not sufficiently prepared to fly on machines of this type.

The plane crash that changed wrestling

This plane crash resulted in serious injuries to those involved and ended two careers. However, if the injuries of those who survived had been more serious, the entire sports and entertainment industry would have changed beyond recognition. Aboard a private Cessna 310 jet from Charlotte to Wilmington, North Carolina on September 4, 1975, were promoter David Crocket and four wrestlers - Mr. Wrestling II, Bobby Bruges, Johnny Valentine and Ric Flair. The plane crash was the result of an error by the crew, who incorrectly calculated the amount of fuel. As the survivors admitted, when the plane began to fall, they were sure that this was the end. However, the crash resulted in only the pilot being killed, who died from his injuries two months later. Valentine was paralyzed and his career ended. Bruges also retired from the sport, although he retained the ability to walk. Why could this disaster change the face of the industry? The fact is that Flair and Valentine, according to legend, were the "bad guys" who feuded with Mr. Wrestling, and the industry for a long time tried to hide the truth about the disaster by not telling anyone about Mr. Wrestling's participation in that flight. He himself, fortunately, managed to support the cover legend - remaining alive and well, Mr. Wrestling entered the ring just two weeks after the accident.

Grand Torino plane crash

Italian, and perhaps world football, has never known a team with such undeniable superiority over its rivals as Grand Torino, the nickname given to the team of the Italian football club Torino in the 1940s. The team won five consecutive national cups and continued to win until a plane crash on May 4, 1949, claimed the lives of 18 players and 13 team employees. Grand Torino was a hand-picked team: the owner of the Torino club, Ferrucio Novo, was one of the first specialists in the world of sports to put the search for talent on a professional basis.
The Torino club won league titles from 1941 until 1949, with the exception of 1945-45, when the national championship was not held. In the 1949 championship, they were also considered the undisputed favorites until the day of the plane crash that occurred during the return of the players from a friendly game in Lisbon. The cause of the accident was the error of the pilot, who lost control in bad weather conditions. The National Football Federation, in the end, decided to award the team the 1949 championship title as a sign of the highest justice: after all, if that unfortunate accident had not happened, the team would undoubtedly have received it.

Busby Babes plane crash in Munich

The “Busby Babes”, students of Manchester United head coach Matt Busby who came to big football from youth school, were very young - they were all barely over twenty. However, the Manchester youth team, who had played together since childhood, were a close-knit professional team, and after joining the main team they won the English Championship twice - in the 1955-56 and 1956-57 seasons. The fans adored them not only for their talent, but also for the fact that they were all students of the club, and not players bought from other clubs, which was becoming fashionable at that time. Alas, their success was interrupted by a plane crash in Munich on February 6, 1958, in which eight key team players were killed and two more were seriously injured. The plane, trying to take off during a snowstorm, barely took off from the ground and soon crashed. The disaster made such a depressing impression on the British that even the Queen expressed personal condolences not only to the relatives and friends of the victims, but also to the people of England as a whole.

American figure skating team dies in plane crash

In 1961, figure skating was at the peak of its popularity in the United States. The leader of the national figure skating team, Lawrence Owen, even appeared on the cover of the popular Sports Illustrated magazine on the eve of the World Figure Skating Championships in Prague. Two days after the magazine was published, Owen and the rest of the national team were tragically killed in a plane crash in Brussels. The plane carrying the skaters to Europe exploded during an abnormal landing. All 72 passengers, including the national team athletes and members of their families, died instantly. The only survivor was a dog flying in the luggage compartment. The figure skating world was shocked. The World Championships in Prague were canceled after news of the disaster, and the Americans were so shocked that they lost interest in figure skating for a long time, undermined by bad memories. Even President Kennedy was so shocked that his brother, Senator Robert Kennedy, spoke to the people on his behalf with words of condolences.

Death of the "Strongest"

It was not for nothing that the Bolivian team “The Strongest” had such a self-confident name: it really shone in the national championship for many years. In September 1969, the team flew to Santa Cruz for a friendly match. Having played, the “Strongest” football players flew to their homeland, the city of La Paz, on a DC-6 plane on September 26, 1969. But it was on this day that a military coup took place in the country. In the confusion, the plane with the football players mysteriously disappeared from radar and was discovered only a day later, having crashed near the village of Viloko. All passengers - 81 people - were killed, including 17 football players, the team coach and manager, and a technical employee.

Death of the Marshall University American Football Team

For the small town of Huntington, West Virginia, 1970 was marked by the success of the local Marshall University American football team, the Thundering Horde. Being a local team, Horde rarely traveled by plane, and the joint flight on November 14, 1970 was almost the first in its practice. The investigation was never able to figure out why the plane crashed. There were 37 team members on board, including 9 coaches, and a number of fans. Considering the number of deaths, this disaster is considered the largest tragedy in the history of American sports.

The death of "Pakhtakor"

The death of the Pakhtakor football team is perhaps the most famous tragedy in the history of Soviet sports. Tashkent Pakhtakor was one of the most successful football teams in the USSR. On August 11, 1979, the team flew on a TU-134 Minsk plane to a meeting with Dynamo Minsk. The controller noticed too late that the plane was dangerously approaching another TU-134 in the air. He gave the planes the command to disperse, but the command was not accepted by the crews - and the wing of one of the planes pierced the fuselage of another. This caused both cars to explode in the air. All 178 passengers on both flights were killed, including 17 Pakhtakor players and coaches. According to rumors, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev flew on that day, which caused confusion on the air routes. Despite the tragedy, the surviving Pakhtakor players returned to the field just 12 days after the tragedy to continue playing in the USSR Championship, thus paying tribute to their fallen comrades.

Evansville Basketball Players Death

In 1977, the University of Evansville basketball team was preparing for a difficult start to the season. The team's main problem was the departure of coach Arad McCutchen, who had worked with the team for many years. McCutcheon was very popular in Evansville: Time magazine even called him "the pride and passion" of the local basketball team. But the Purple Aces were not going to give up, although the season started poorly: three losses to one win. However, the team members were determined when they went to play the University of Central Tennessee on December 3, 1977. The flight was delayed for several hours due to bad weather conditions. When the plane did take off from the ground, it stayed in the air for only a minute and a half, after which it crashed to the ground. Among the causes of the disaster, it was later named, in particular, overloading of the luggage compartment. 17 crew members died in the disaster. The University of Evansville later opened a "Crying Basketball" memorial in honor of the victims.

Death of the Zambian national team

The 1993 Zambian football team was considered the best in the country's history. Football has always been popular in this African country, especially during the reign of President Kenneth Kaunda, who spared no expense in its development. After Kaunda's removal, there was less money, but the national team, despite poverty, remained one of the best in Africa. However, the team had to cut back on everything, including travel costs. To fly to the World Cup qualifying match against Senegal in Dakar, the team had to rent a Zambian Air Force plane. Alas, the national air force was in a deplorable state. On April 27, 1993, during a flight, one of the plane's engines caught fire. The pilot made a fatal mistake by turning off the second engine, after which the plane completely lost control and crashed. All 18 players on board were killed.

American boxing team plane crash

As you know, the US team, among 65 countries in the world, boycotted the Moscow Olympics-80. However, the US boxing team would not have been able to take part in the Olympic competition in any case due to a terrible plane crash that occurred on March 14, 1980, which claimed the lives of 14 athletes and 8 team members. The boxers were heading to a competition in Poland when their plane crashed on approaching Warsaw. A total of 87 passengers died in the disaster. Experts consider Pan American Games champion Lemuel Steeples to be the best of the crashed athletes.

Death of the "Eleven Motley"

These Dutch footballers of Surinamese origin were true humanitarians: they played in charity matches, thus raising funds to work with children from socially disadvantaged areas, involving them in sports and helping them find the right path in life. They were called "the motley eleven" - as a sign that they brought bright colors into the lives of children from the poorest families. In fact, there were more team members - only about two dozen people. The next charity match with their participation was to take place in the capital of Suriname, Paramaribo. But it did not take place: fifteen team players died in a plane crash in Paramaribo on June 7, 1989, which killed 176 passengers and crew members of a plane flying from Europe to South America. Two other members of the team, including Dutch football legend Ruud Gullit, abandoned the flight at the very last moment and were therefore saved. As it turned out later, the crash occurred due to the fact that the plane touched the top of a tree while landing at Paramaribo airport.

Hendrick Motosport team died in a plane crash

The death of a racer on the track, although rare, does happen, but the death of racers in a plane crash is an exceptional case. Meanwhile, it was exactly what happened on October 24, 2004, when 10 people from the Hendrick Motorsport team died in a plane crash, including the son of team owner Rick Hendrick, NASCAR driver Ricky Hendrick, his older brother and nieces. On this day, the team successfully took part in competitions at the Marysville speedway. The message about the disaster, which claimed the lives of 10 people, came just minutes after the news of driver Jimmie Johnson's victory on the track. The cause of the crash would later be attributed to a combination of pilot error and foggy weather difficult to fly.

Oklahoma Cowboy plane crash

In November 2011, the Oklahoma women's basketball team lost head coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna. They and two other passengers were killed when a small private plane crashed while the coach and his assistant were returning home from a trip to recruit new players for their team. Kurt Budke was considered a real father by the girls on the basketball team, and his assistant was treated like a sister. In addition to them, State Senator Olin Branstetter and his wife Paula were killed in the crash. The most incredible thing is that after five years the commission investigating the disaster was unable to establish its cause. Senator Branstetter was at the controls of the plane and did not report turbulence or other weather-related problems to controllers. The version that the senator became ill and lost control of the car was also not confirmed. No technical faults were identified either. Why the plane crashed still remains a mystery.

Death of the Oklahoma Cowboys

The long history of tragedies associated with the University of Oklahoma began in January 2001, when 10 members of the university's men's basketball team were killed in a small private plane crash. The team was returning home after a loss to the Colorado Buffaloes to regroup and get ready for their next games. But the plane's pilot became disorientated during a snowstorm, and the plane crashed to the ground. Oklahoma Cowboys players and fans still remember the fallen players and coaches with the mournful anthem "Remember the Ten." In addition, a memorial has been set up on the university grounds to honor those who died, and sports competitions are held every year in memory of those who died.