Brazil team honored as experts study possible fuel problem

Friday, December 2, 2016

MEDELLIN, Colombia -- Simultaneous tear-filled tributes were held at packed stadiums in Colombia and Brazil for the victims of this week's air tragedy that claimed 71 lives when a chartered plane crashed while ferrying a scrappy, small-town soccer team to the finals of a prestigious South American tournament.

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