A plane has plunged into a mountainous area near Medellin, killing more than 70 people. On board are members of a Brazilian football team. The players were traveling from Bolivia to Colombia when the aircraft went down. There are several survivors, but they're clinging to life. CCTV's Michelle Begue reports from Bogota.

An appalling scene in the Colombian mountains on the outskirts of Medellin Tuesday morning. A charter plane carrying a Brazilian football team crashed after declaring an electrical failure, killing nearly all aboard. Rain and low visibility hampered rescue efforts. Crews initially reported pulling six people alive from the wreckage, though one of them reportedly did not survive.

The team Chapecoense, from Brazil's top football league was on its way to face Atletico Nacional of Medellin in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final - South America's equivalent of the Europa League.

The plane went down at about 10:15 pm Monday night, with 72 passengers and a crew of nine. It was enroute from Bolivia where the team had a stopover. Colombia's president reached out to his counterpart in Brazil.

Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos said, "I spoke over the phone with President Temer to express my condolences personally and to offer all of our cooperation in these difficult times. I want to reiterate in the name of the Colombian people our support and hope for the families, directors and fans of the Chapecoense team."

At least 21 journalists were also believed on board the charter aircraft-operated by the Bolivian-based and Venezuela-owned company, LaMia.

The crash has evoked memories of other air disasters involving sports teams. A 1958 crash in Munich killed 23 people, including eight Manchester United football players. More recently, a 2011 crash in Russia killed 37 members of a Russian hockey team.