Pesawat yang Ditumpangi Tim Brasil Jatuh, 76 Tewas dan Lima Selamat
Footballer in Flight Tragedy, Colombia Plane Crash Leaves 76 Dead and Only Five Survivors
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
PERJALANAN klub bola divisi satu Brazil Chapecoense Real berakhir tragis dalam penerbangan AM12933 yang jatuh di Kolombia, menewaskan 76 penumpang.
Kecelakaan pesawat yang dianggap paling mematikan di dunia tahun ini, petugas penyelamat hanya mampu menyelamatkan lima penumpang dari reruntuhan pesawat di dekat kota La Ceja.
Polisi memastikan korban tewas terus bertambah beberapa jam setelah kecelakaan setelah ada laporan bahwa puluhan penumpang dinyatakan tewas.
Kondisi cuaca yang berbahaya sangat menghambat operasi penyelamatan setelah ambulans berupaya untuk mencapai lokasi kecelakaan di daerah terpencil.
Alan Ruschel, pemain bertahan yang dipinjamkan ke Chapecoense dari Internacional, adalah orang pertama yang dinyatakan selamat.
Ia dibawa ke rumah sakit dalam keadaan terluka yang ditangani oleh tim SAR.
Sebuah video Snapchat memperlihatkan dia bersama rekan setimnya dan kawannya Danilo telah mengunggah rekaman video melalui internet sebelum terjadi kecelakaan.
Dikonfirmasi bahwa dia selamat, Alissen saudara perempuan Ruschel melalui Twitter mengatakan: "Tuhan Maha Besar telah menyelamatkan dia. Tetap tabah. Dia manusia tangguh."
Pemain lain Jakson Follmann, Danilo dan wartawan Rafael Gobbato juga dinyatakan selamat.
Ada 72 penumpang dan sembilan awak berada di pesawat naas LMI2933 seperti dilansir The Sun.
TOP tier Brazilian football club Chapecoense Real changed planes to travel on the doomed Flight AMI2933 which crashed in Colombia, killing 76 people.
In what is thought to be the deadliest plane crash in the world this year, authorities were only able to save five people from the rubble near the town of La Ceja.
Police confirmed the shocking death toll after hours of mixed reports suggested there had been dozens of survivors.
Treacherous weather conditions severely hampered the rescue operation as ambulances struggled to reach the remote crash site.
Alan Ruschel, a defender on loan to Chapecoense from Internacional, was the first player named as a survivor.
He was taken to hospital with injuries as local emergency services braced for an influx of patients.
A snapchat video showing him with teammate and pal Danilo was posted online just before the crash.
Confirming he was rescued, Ruchel's sister Alissen said on Twitter: "God is great and will look after you. Stay strong. You are a soldier."
Players Jakson Follmann, Danilo and journalist Rafael Gobbato have also been named as survivors.
There were 72 passengers and nine crew were on board the doomed flight LMI2933.
