Plane carrying Brazil football team crashes in Colombia, here's how many survived

An airplane with 81 people on board, including players from a Brazilian football team heading to Colombia for a regional tournament final, has crashed on its way to Medellin's international airport.

Medellin's Mayor Federico Gutierrez said that it is possible there are survivors.

The @AeropuertoMDE confirms LAMIA Bolivia RJ85, registration CP-2933 has crashed near Medellin, Colombia. Twitter Photo

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) 29 November 2016

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"It's a tragedy of huge proportions," Mr Gutierrez told Blu Radio on his way to the site in a mountainous area outside the city where the chartered aircraft is believed to have crashed shortly before midnight local time.

He said on Twitter that ambulances and rescuers were on their way. It is not clear what caused the crash.

Rumbo al lugar donde se accidentó el avión. Desde Medellín ya enviamos grupos de apoyo @DAGRDMedellin y activamos red hospitalaria.

— Federico Gutiérrez (@FicoGutierrez) 29 November 2016

The Colombian Civil Aviation Authority said that the Lamia Airlines aircraft "had issues over El Cerro Gordo, close to La Union in the state of Antioqiua."

Chapecoense players before their Copa Sudamericana semifinal against Argentina's San Lorenzo on November 2Credit: AFP

Medellin's airport confirmed that the aircraft, which departed from Bolivia, was transporting the Chapecoense football team from southern Brazil, which was scheduled to play the Copa Sudamerica finals against Atletico Nacional on Wednesday in Colombia's Medellin. The aviation authority also confirmed the presence of the footballers on board.

Según primeros reportes, en la aeronave (matrícula TT2933) viajaban 72 pasajeros y nueve tripulantes. Autoridades ya están en el lugar.

— José María Córdova (@AeropuertoMDE) 29 November 2016

"Confirmed, the aircraft license number CP2933 was carrying the team @ChapecoenseReal. Apparently there are survivors," the Jose Maria Cordova de Rionegro airport, which serves Medellin, said on its Twitter account.

7:09AM First wounded to arrive at the hospital is "Alan Ruschel, number 10"

The first wounded to arrive at the Hospital deLa Ceja is Chapecoense's number 10 Alan Ruschel, 360 Radio Colombia reports.

#Atención | Primer herido que llega a Hospital de La Ceja es jugador de Chapecoense, Alan Ruschel número 10.

—360 Radio Colombia (@360RadioCo) 29 November 2016

7:03AM The airplane reported "electrical issues" before crashing

The emergency operative committee COE and the Jose Maria Cordova de Rionegro airport said in a press release that the plane declared an emergency at 10pm local time while in the municipality of Ceja and La Union.

According to the statement the airplane said that it was experiencing "electrical issues".