Remains of Bolivian victims of Colombian crash arrive at Medellin air base for repatriation

Record ID: 75252

  • Title: Remains of Bolivian victims of Colombian crash arrive at Medellin air base for repatriation
  • Date: 2nd December 2016
  • Summary: MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA (DECEMBER 2, 2016) (REUTERS) COFFIN CONTAINING REMAINS OF ONE OF THE BOLIVIAN VICTIMS OF PLANE CRASH (WRAPPED IN GREEN, YELLOW, RED RIBBON - THE COLORS OF BOLIVIA) BEING LIFTED FOR TRANSPORT COFFIN BEING LOADED INTO HEARSE RIBBON THE COLORS OF THE BOLIVIAN FLAG WRAPPED AROUND COFFIN ALONG WITH PLASTIC WRAP GENERAL VIEW OF HEARSE COFFIN IN HEARSE HEARSE CONTAINING COFFIN LEAVING POLICE ON MOTORCYCLES ACCOMPANYING HEARSE HEARSE WITH COFFINS DRIVING THROUGH STREETS COFFIN IN HEARSE VARIOUS GENERAL VIEWS OF HEARSES CONTAINING COFFINS ON STREETS EN ROUTE TO AIRPORT SOLDIERS AT AIR BASE EXTERIOR OF ARTURO LEMA POSADA AIR BASE
  • Embargoed: 17th December 2016 14:05
  • Keywords: Bolivian victims Chapecoense Colombia plane crash
  • Location: MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA
  • City: MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA
  • Country: Colombia
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015B6Z9DZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The remains of the Bolivians killed in this week's Colombian plane crash were transported to a Medellin air base on Friday (December 2) in the first leg of repatriation.
    Several hearses containing coffins wrapped in ribbons of the Bolivian national colors left a Medellin funeral home early on Friday.
    The bodies and ashes of five Bolivians will leave shortly on a Hercules aircraft and those of a Venezuelan on a commercial flight. The remains of a Paraguayan victim left Colombia late on Thursday.
    Police escorted the hearses through the streets to the Arturo Lema Posada Air Base.
    The disaster on Monday night killed 71 people and shocked soccer fans the world over. It appears that the LAMIA Bolivia BAe146 airliner ran out of fuel, lost electrical power and was preparing for an emergency landing as it smashed into the mountains in central Colombia.
    Only six on board the flight survived, including three members of the soccer squad en route to the biggest game in their history: the Copa Sudamericana final.
    Two of the Bolivian flight crew and a journalist also survived along with the three players. They remain in hospital.
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