The plane was carrying 81 people, but there are conflicting reports. The same applies to the number of survivors, six, according to the latest reports. The black boxes of the plane have been found.
The black boxes of the plane have been found and are in the custody of the authorities responsible for the investigation of the case, confirmed the Minister of Transport of Colombia , Jorge Eduardo Rojas.
The Civil Aeronautics of Colombia published in the social network Twitter a photo of the two black boxes found and, according to the agency, they are in “perfect condition.”
Personal de @AerocivilCol ubicó las 2 cajas negras del avión siniestrado en Antioquia en perfecto estado pic.twitter.com/80jj0T7g7d
— AERONÁUTICA CIVIL (@AerocivilCol) November 29, 2016
According to information released this morning by the Civil Aviation, the board followed 22 players, 28 escorts and technical staff, 22 journalists and nine crew members.
Among the victims there are several journalists. Fox Sports Latin America confirmed in a statement that six employees of the subsidiary in Brazil died in the accident. The channel expressed its “deepest sorrow for the crash, in which six of the passengers were fellow Team Fox Sports Brazil”, he said in a statement Carlos Martínez, president of Fox Networks Group Latam. Journalists of Fox Sports who died in the accident are Pascovicci Deva,Mario Sergio, Paulo Julio Clement, Victorino Chermont, Rodrigo Santana and Lilacio Junior.
Two weeks ago, the same plane had been used by the Argentine national team, Lionel Messi on board, the trip to Buenos Aires to San Juan for the game against Colombia in the context of the qualifiers of the World Cup of Russia-2018.