the country 's aviation agency said six survived .
the plane was carrying the brazilian first division ... ( associated press ) la union , colombia ( ap ) — colombia 's worst air crash in two decades snuffed out a storybook run by a brazilian soccer team , and authorities are digging in trying to figure out why a chartered jetliner crashed in the andes , killing all but six of the 77 people aboard .
authorities also said they were not ruling out the possibility the aircraft ran out of fuel minutes corrects to remove death toll of 75 after number of death toll was lowered by colombian officials - fans of brazil 's soccer team chapecoense gather outside medellin , colombia , tuesday , nov. 29 , 2016 .
chapecoense 's fantasy season ended on a muddy colombian mountainside late monday when a chartered aircraft crashed south of medellin .
the club was having the best season in its 43 - year history , the trip to medellin , colombia , was supposed to be a joyous one for the members chapecoense , a soccer club from the small city of chapeco , brazil , and they were in the middle of a fairy tale season .
the accident killed 71 people , officials said , revising the death toll from the initial figure of 75 .
 
details are scarce , and it will take a significant amount of time for officials to determine the exact causes of the crash .
investigators will likely comb through the evidence for the next several months , hoping to discover why a charter flight crashed monday night while carrying players , coaches , board members and journalists .