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Police and firefighters dig through the rubble to search for survivors after a landslide hit the town of Alausi, in the province of Chimborazo, southern Ecuador, leaving at least 16 people dead. IMAGES
Emergency services continued searching the wreckage of the fatal plane crash near El Cerro Gordo in Colombia on Tuesday. Travelling from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, the aircraft had been carrying 77 people, including the Brazilian Chapecoense football team, at the time of the crash. The team was set to play against Atletico Nacional in the Copa Sudamericana finals in Medellin, Wednesday. 6 people, including three players, two members of the crew, and one journalist, have survived the crash. The British Aerospace 146 short-haul aircraft it went down at 8 PM local time. The flight's destination, Jose Maria Cordova International Airport near Medellin, stated that they received an emergency call from the plane about electrical failures while flying over the municipalities of La Ceja and La Union before losing contact. Some 22 football players from the Brazilian team were aboard the flight, with a further 22 sports journalists onboard. The investigation has revealed that the plane did not explode on impact, leading investigators to focus on why the plane had such a small amount of fuel. The black boxes were recovered in good condition and the investigation is ongoing.
Colombia's president says firefighters, police and others are searching for missing in area hit by landslide. Katie Sargent reports
Rescue workers in the South African city of George are battling to save dozens of people, including many still unaccounted for, after a residential building collapsed killing at least six. The five-storey apartment block caved in on Monday (May 6) afternoon while under construction, municipal authorities from the coastal city said. IMAGES
Members of a rescue team search for survivors in a damaged building in Hualien. At least seven people were killed and more than 700 injured Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings that extended to Japan and the Philippines before being lifted. IMAGES
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