BOGOTA: A plane carrying 81 people, including members of a Brazilian football team, crashed late Monday (Tuesday in Manila) near the Colombian city of Medellin, after reporting “electrical failures,” officials said.

Six people were reported to have survived the crash, including a 25-year-old player, the mayor of a town near the crash site said, without identifying him.

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