据报道，一架载有巴甲球队沙佩科恩斯(Chapecoense)的飞机在麦德林附近坠毁，机上共72名乘客+9名机组人员,仅5人生还。

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Plane carrying Brazilian soccer team to Colombia crashes, 76 dead

A plane carrying 81 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of Medellin[麦德林(哥伦比亚城市)] in Colombia.

Police say five people survived the crash but the rest of those on board died.

The chartered[1] aircraft[包机], flying from Brazil via Bolivia[玻利维亚], was carrying members of the Chapecoense* team.

[1]charter：to rent a vehicle, especially an aircraft, for a special use and not as part of a regular service 包租（交通工具，尤指飞机）【v.】

They've chartered a plane to take delegates to the conference.

他们包了一架飞机送代表参加会议。

charter【n.】

boats for charter

供租赁的船只

a charter flight

包机航班

The team was due to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana[南美杯], against Medellin team Atletico Nacional[麦德林国民竞技(俱乐部)].

The first leg[2] of the final of the cup, South America's second most important club competition, was scheduled for Wednesday, but has now been suspended.

[2]leg：（相同对手间同一回合两场比赛中的）一场 one of a pair of matches played between the same opponents in a sports competition, which together form a single round(= stage) of the competition；~ (of sth) 一段路程（或赛程）one part of a journey or race

The South American Football Confederation[南美洲足球联合会] (Conmebol) said it was suspending "all activities".

What happened?

The plane took off from Bolivia's Viru Viru airport[维鲁维鲁机场] at 6:18 p.m. local time, according to air controller Manuel Palamas.

Officials didn't specify what happened to the plane but did say that the wounded were being transported to assistance centers.

But images of the incident show what appear to be damaged parts of the plane.

The aviation department[民航部门]'s statement said that passengers belonged to a Brazilian soccer team called Chapecoense*.

Tattered[破裂的;破碎的] debris[碎片;残骸] emblazoned[3] with the club's logo was also photographed at the crash site.

[3]emblazon [ɪm'bleɪzn]

to print or decorate something in a very noticeable way （醒目地）印制，装饰；炫示

Her name was emblazoned across the front of the theatre.

她的名字赫然印在剧院正面的墙上。

cars emblazoned with the company logo

醒目地印有公司标志的汽车

What we know about the crash so far

• Plane operated by Bolivian charter airline Lamia

  
  

• Carrying 72 passengers and nine crew, among them members of the Chapecoense football team

• Flying from Brazil, bound for Medellin after a stopover in Santa Cruz[圣克鲁斯], Bolivia

• Plane crashed before midnight local time after pilot reported an electrical fault[电气故障;电力故障]

• Five people survived the crash, including three footballers

Chapecoense football team*

• Founded in 1973.

• Promoted to[提升为] the Brazilian top division, Serie A, for the first time in the club's history in 2014. Currently ninth. [巴西足球甲级联赛中的一支球队]

• Were flying to play in the first leg of the final of the Copa Sudamericana -winner qualifies for Copa Libertadores, top continental competition in South America

• Based in the Brazilian city of Chapeco in the state of Santa Catarina[圣卡塔琳娜州]

• Brazil's 21st biggest club in terms of revenue at 46m reais ($13.5m/£10.9m)

节选自USA TODAY：http://t.cn/RfHcp5r

CNN：http://t.cn/RfHfCSv

BBC：http://t.cn/RfHf7xw