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Rescuers recovered bodies through the night after rescuing six survivors. The plane was carrying members of the Chapecoense Real football team to a tournament final.

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Rescuers search for survivors from the wreckage of the LAMIA airlines charter plane in the mountains of Cerro Gordo.Raul Arboleda/AFP / Getty Images

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Rescuers search for survivors.Raul Arboleda/AFP / Getty Images

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Rescuers carry one of the survivors.Raul Arboleda/AFP / Getty Images

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A rescuer walks past the body of a victim from the LAMIA airlines charter plane crash.Raul Arboleda/AFP / Getty Images

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Fans of Chapecoense soccer team are pictured in front of the stadium.Paulo Whitaker/Reuters

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Fans of Chapecoense soccer team react in front of the Arena Conda stadium.Paulo Whitaker/Reuters

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A fan of Chapecoense soccer team shows a magazine of the team.Paulo Whitaker/Reuters

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Brazil's Chapecoense player Helio Neto is helped by paramedics at the clinic in La Ceja.Luis Acosta/AFP / Getty Images

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Players of Brazil's Chapecoense team pose before a Copa Sudamericana soccer match Nov. 2, 2016.Gustavo Garello/The Associated Press

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