http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/02/10/mountaineers-find-wreckage-plane-crash-that-killed-chilean-soccer-stars/
This article talks about the recent discovery of the wreckage of a Douglas DC-3 that crashed on April 3, 1961 in the Andes Mountains is Chile. This plane crash killed 24 people including members of Chile's top division soccer team: Green Cross. Another victim of the crash was an Argentine soccer player Eliseo Mouriño, a member of the Argentine 1958 World Cup team. According to the article the wreckage was found at an altitude of 10,500 feet approximately 215 miles south of Santiago, not where official publications indicated it would be. The wreckage was found by a group of mountaineers and according to a source in the article the exact location of the wreckage is being kept a secret in order to prevent looting. One particular part of this article that I thought was very interesting was that they also found scattered debris and bones near the wreckage. After this crash the 1961 Cope de Chile was named the "Copa de Chile Green Cross" in order to honor the team members who lost their lives in the crash.
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