Soccer fraternity’s avoidable plane tragedies
10 years ago(FILES) This file photo taken on November 23, 2016 shows Brazil's Chapecoense goalkeeper Danilo celebrating after defeating Argentina's San Lorenzo during their 2016 Copa Sudamericana semifinal second leg football match held at Arena Conda stadium, in Chapeco, Brazil. A plane carrying 81 people, including members of a Brazilian football team, crashed late on November 28, 2016 near the Colombian city of Medellin, officials said. The survivors, two crew members and three players of Chapecoense Real Alan Ruschel, goalkeeper Danilo and Jackson Follman were transferred to local hospitals, according to radio Caracol. / AFP PHOTO / NELSON ALMEIDA
The crash, last week, of a plane carrying a first-division Brazilian soccer team in which 71 of the 81 people aboard perished has re-opened old wounds on similar air disasters.