Cairo - Arab Today
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Thursday mourned the victims of a Brazilian plane crash.
In a statement, the ministry's spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid expressed deep condolences to the families of the victims.
The statement stressed Egypt’s support for the Brazilian government and people.
A plane carrying the Chapecoense football team crashed in Colombia in the early hours of Tuesday, killing 71 players, journalists and crew members.
Six of the 77 people on the plane – three footballers, two crew and a journalist – survived the disaster.
One footballer who was pulled alive from the plane’s wreckage died later in hospital.
Source: MENA