(EFE).- At least 75 people died and five survived the Lamia flight that crashed in Colombia with 81 people on-board, police said Tuesday.

On-board the plane were 22 players from the Brazilian Chapecoense soccer team, 28 management staff, members of the technical team and special guests, 22 journalists and nine crew members, who were en route to Medellin, Colombia to play Atletico Nacional in the Copa Sudamerica final.

Regional police commander Jose Gerardo Acevedo told reporters that “between 75 and 76 people have died,” adding that six people were rescued alive, but unfortunately one died.

The first to be rescued from the Lamia flight wreckage was Alan Ruschel, the 27-year-old Chapecoense left-winger.

According to Fernando Gil, a member of a firefighting team helping in the rescue efforts, the next to be saved was Brazilian journalist Rafael Henze, whose condition remains stable despite several injuries.

Brazilian president Michel Temer expressed his solidarity with the team and the dozens of families affected by the tragedy and promised the government would do everything within its reach to help relieve their pain.

The plane had departed from Brazil Monday afternoon, making a stopover at Viru Viru airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, and was headed to Medellin where at 10pm local time (3am GMT Tuesday) it reported an emergency due to electrical difficulties to the Aerocivil control tower.

Low visibility meant the crash site was only accessible by road, slowing emergency operations.

Flight details were provided by the Aerocivil as news of the crash began to break.