Plane carrying Brazilian soccer team to Colombia crashes, 77 dead, 4 survived

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Pilot told Colombia controllers 'no fuel' before crash

In the sometimes chaotic exchange with the air traffic tower, the pilot of the British-built jet could be heard repeatedly requesting authorization to land because of "fuel problems." A female controller explained another plane had been diverted with mechanical problems and had priority, instructing the pilot to wait seven minutes.

As the plane circled in a holding pattern, the pilot grew more desperate. "Complete electrical failure, without fuel," he said in the tense final moments before the plane set off on a four-minute death spiral that ended with it slamming into a mountainside Monday night.

Damn what a horrible way to go
 

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Man, Hearing that junk with the tower makes me feel like this was senseless.

On one hand, I do not know the intricacies of flight patterns and towers; but if a pilot is telling you " we are running low on fuel" I would be doing everything possible to be able to get that plane on the ground safely
 
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