Four Palmas players and their club president have been killed after their plane crashed on take-off in Brazil on Sunday January 24. The small aircraft was taking the group to Goiania, around 500 miles away for their Brazilian cup game against Vila Nova on Monday in the Copa Verde. Palmas said there were no survivors. The club announced that president Lucas Meira, as well as players Lucas Praxedes, Guilherme Noe, Ranule, and Marcus Molinari, all died including the pilot, named as Wagner. 
A statement from Palmas said: 'The plane took off and crashed at the end of the runway at the Tocantinense Aviation Association. 'We regret to report there are no survivors.' The game against Vila Nova was to be among the last 16 of the Copa Verde tournament, a fourth-tier contest.The club said it would postpone the match “at this time of such anguish and sadness” and pay tribute to the fallen players at a rescheduled game on Thursday. This is the latest air tragedy to befall Brazilian football in recent years. In 2016, Nineteen Chapecoense players died when a plane taking them to the Copa Sudamericana final in Colombia crashed on a hillside outside Medellin.The post Four players and president of Brazilian fourth-tier club, Palmas, killed in horror plane crash (photos) appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.source http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/1/four-players-and-president-of-brazilian-fourth-tier-club-palmas-killed-in-horror-plane-crash-photos.html
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