Colombia plane crash: Airport worker ‘blames passengers on ANOTHER plane that landed just before tragic Chapecoense crash because they were granted emergency landing over doomed jet’
The doomed flight was denied an emergency landing due to a second emergency at the same time
AN AIRPORT employee allegedly told passengers on board another plane which landed just before the tragic Chapecoense jet that the crash was their fault.
The pilot of the doomed flight requested an emergency landing – but it was denied due to a second emergency at the same time.
When those on board that commercial flight landed at the airport they claim an employee at Medellin blamed them for the crash which killed 71.
Passenger Maysa Brito is reported to have said: “I was very puzzled, she needed to tell me about it three times because I did not believe it.
“We knew that the plane had crashed, but we could not believe it was because of our plane."
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Maysa added: “The police reported that unfortunately they could not land because we were already on the emergency priority.
“They had to wait for my plane to reach the ground. In that wait, they lost contact with the tower and the plane crashed.”
Only six of the 77 people on board the plane survived the crash.
Three footballers from the top tier Brazilian team on board Flight LMI2933 survived.
It lost contact with ground controllers on Monday evening after the pilot reported an electrical fault.
In a leaked audio recording a pilot can be heard repeatedly requesting permission to land due to an electric failure and lack of fuel.
It was reported today that footballing legends Ronaldinho and Juan Roman Riquelme are considering coming out of retirement to play for Chapecoense.
Whilst Brazilian sides have offered to loan players to the club free of charge, reports are circulating that Ronaldinho and Riquelme have offered to dust off their boots pull on the green and white of Chapecoense.
It comes as heartbroken Arsenal star Gabriel broke down in tears as he delivered a tribute to the 71 dead in the Colombia plane crash.
Defender Gabriel broke down in tears when he spoke through the club's official Twitter feed about how he thought about calling coach Caio Junior on his own birthday, before admitting his regret at putting it off for another day.
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