Crash probe into Brazilian soccer team tragedy focuses on fuel, electrical systems - Washington Post

Air crash investigators in Colombia sought Wednesday to piece together the terrifying final moments aboard a charter jet that crashed while carrying a Brazilian soccer team to the biggest match in its history.

The probe into Monday’s crash pressed ahead on multiple fronts — with accounts provided by some of the six survivors — even as soccer clubs and leaders around the world joined Brazil to mourn a tragedy that claimed the lives of scores of people, including players, coaches and journalists.

Fans of Medellin’s Atlético Nacional gathered on Wednesday evening at Atanasio Girardot stadium, where the team had been set to face off against Brazil’s Chapecoense squad in the South American Cup, to pay homage to their lost rivals.

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