The president and four footballers of Palmas Fútbol y Regatas, a club from the fourth division of the Brazilian Championship, died this Sunday in a plane crash along with the pilot of the aircraft in which they traveled to Goiás to play a match.
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💥 The president and four footballers of Palmas Fútbol y Regatas died after a plane crashhttps: //t.co/g1DOgIdgbE
– Diario SPORT (@sport) January 24, 2021
The private plane hired by the club fell to the ground for reasons still unknown shortly after taking off from Palmas, capital of the Amazonian state of Tocantins, towards 8. 00 local time this Sunday.