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La Ceja | Vicinity of Cerro Chapecoense

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Flight Lima - Medellín, view over the E highlands of Antioquia in E direction. The foreground of the scene shows the immediate vicinity of the location (the site itself is located roughly beneath the aircraft) where LaMia Flight 2933 crashed on 28 November 2016, on board the football team of Chapecoense, Brazil, on the way to the finals of the Copa Sudamericana against Atlético Nacional, Medellín. The town of La Unión can be seen in the very right background of the picture.