Heartbreak in the locker room: Anguished Chapecoense players who were not on board the doomed flight with their Brazilian team-mates react with shock as they learn of Colombian plane tragedy


This haunting picture shows three members of the Chapecoense football team sitting in the club's empty changing room after learning the plane carrying their teammates had crashed.

The Brazilian football team had been travelling to Colombia to play Athletico Nacional for the biggest game in the club's history, the Copa Sudamerica final.

But their journey to the Colombian city of Medellin came to a devastating end when the jet crashed down in remote mountains.
The Avro RJ85 plane, which was carrying nine crew, crashed at about 10.15pm after suffering 'electric failures' while flying through the mountainous Antioquia Department on its way from Bolivia.
Local officials said it crashed against a hill and broke in two.
The heartbreaking images of the non-travelling players came just days after the players were filmed celebrating wildly in the same room as they reached the final of the Copa Sudamericana.

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