Brazilian team returns to Colombian site of doomed jet crash

Ten years after the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of 71 people, including 77 aboard Chapecoense's flight, the Brazilian football club has returned to the scene of the disaster in Colombia. Only six survivors emerged from the wreckage of the plane, which plunged into a mountain on November 28, 2016, during a trip to Medellin for the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional. Chapecoense's squad comprised 22 players, and only three of them survived the catastrophic event.

The club's return to Colombia this week included a friendly match against Atletico Nacional and the inauguration of a memorial commemorating the victims, with the names of the deceased etched onto the monument. Chapecoense was awarded the Copa Sudamericana by regional football body Conmebol following the tragic incident at the request of Atletico Nacional. The two teams later faced off in the 2017 Recopa Sudamericana, which the Colombian side ultimately won.