International aviation experts are traveling to Colombia to help find out what caused a plane crash which killed 71 people.

The flight had been chartered to take Brazilian football club Chapecoense (PRON: SHAP-UH-COE-ENZ) to one of the biggest games in their history.

The only survivors are three players, a journalist, a flight technician and a stewardess.

Video's emerged of coach Mauro Stumpf on the plane before it set off, praising the airline:

Meanwhile, Brazil's leading football clubs say they'll loan players for free to the team left devastated by yesterday's crash.

In Brazil fans gathered at the club's stadium: