Plane Crash

Seventy-six people are confirmed dead following a plane crash last night in Colombia. A charter plane carrying 72 passengers -- including players from Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense -- crashed near Medellin, Colombia. Nine crew members were also on board. The civil aviation agency had initially announced that six passengers -- three players, two crew members, and one journalist -- survived the crash. Authorities later said that one of those survivors died on the way to the hospital. Authorities will continue to search for survivors. Officials didn't specify what happened to the plane.

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