Bodies of Brazillian football players arrive home

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Published on December 3, 2016 by pmnews   ·   No Comments

The remains of Paraguayan crew member Gustavo Encina was handed over to his father in Paraguay.

The remains of Paraguayan crew member Gustavo Encina was handed over to his father in Paraguay.

The bodies of 50 people killed in a plane crash that wiped out a Brazilian football team have arrived home.

About 100,000 people are expected to attend a memorial service at Chapecoense’s stadium in south Brazil.

Seventy-one people died in Monday’s crash outside Medellin, Colombia, where the team was due to play. Six survived.

The cause of the crash is unclear. But a recording has emerged of the pilot asking the control tower for priority to land because he was out of fuel.

Brazilian President Michel Temer greeted the planes at the airport.

Fireworks exploded as the first of two military planes arrived in Chapeco early on Saturday.

A procession to the stadium then followed, through heavy rain.

On Friday, hundreds of people had lined…

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