First words of footballer pulled from Colombia plane crash wreckage revealed by one of first rescuers on scene

A volunteer who was one the first rescuers on the scene of a horrific plane crash in Colombia which left 71 people dead has revealed the first words of a surviving football player.

Defender Alan Ruschel was just one of three players for Chapecoense who survived the horror crash.

Volunteer rescuer Santiago Campuzano has now spoken about the scene which greeted him as he went to help.

After travelling to the site in the Colombian mountains in his truck, he attempted to get the few survivors to hospital.

And he has revealed the first words from Ruschel after he was pulled from the wreckage.


Speaking to ovaciondigital.com, Mr Campuzano says the footballer stammered gently to him: “My family, my friends, where are they?”

Ruschel is now in hospital being treated for his injuries.

It has been claimed today that the plane crashed because it didn't have enough fuel and the pilot didn't confess until it was too late, it has been claimed.

LaMia Flight 2933 plunged into mountains just 30km from its final destination of Medellin airport in Colombia.

Seventy-one of those board - including players from Chapecoense FC and twenty journalists - were killed.




- Mirror