The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Thursday mourned the victims of a Brazilian plane crash. 

In a statement, the ministry's spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid expressed deep condolences to the families of the victims. 

The statement stressed Egypt’s support for the Brazilian government and people. 

A plane carrying the Chapecoense football team crashed in Colombia in the early hours of Tuesday, killing 71 players, journalists and crew members.

Six of the 77 people on the plane – three footballers, two crew and a journalist – survived the disaster. 

One footballer who was pulled alive from the plane’s wreckage died later in hospital.

Source: MENA