Brazil mourns the loss of beloved footballers

Photo: Andre Penner/AP Guardian

The tragic deaths of 71 people on the flight from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, has caused shockwaves throughout the footballing world.  It is the second fatal crash of a football team in living memory, the first one being the air disaster at Munich in 1958.

​As Brazil mourned the deaths of so many young men, the small town of  Chapecó, where the football team is based, came to a standstill.  Ironically the crash is reported to have happened because the plane ran out of fuel.  What a waste.

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