Colombia Authorities Lower Plane Crash Death Toll to 71

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Colombian aviation authorities have lowered the death toll from the charter plane crash to 71 from 75, saying that four fewer people were aboard the aircraft than originally reported.

    

Officials tell The Associated Press that Luciano Buligon, Gelson Luiz Merisio, Plinio de Nes Filho and Ivan Carlos Agnoletto didn't board the flight in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, but were listed on the plane's passenger list. None of the four were players for the Brazilian soccer team that was being carried to a game on the charter flight.

    

Six of the 81 people on the plane survived the crash.

Earlier, Colombia's civil aeronautics agency said it found the two flight recorders from the airplane.

    

The agency said in a Twitter message that both of the recorders were recovered "in perfect condition." That could help determine what caused the British Aerospace 146 to crash.

    

Authorities say the plane declared an emergency at 10 p.m. local time last night, because of an electrical failure. It was headed to Colombia's international airport.

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