Four footballers die in Brazil air crash By IANS | Published on Mon, Jan 25 2021 8:57 IST | 0 Views Football.. Image Source: IANS News Rio De Janeiro, Jan 25 : Four players and the president of Brazilian football club Palmas lost their lives after their plane crashed ahead of a local cup match. President Lucas Meira and players Lucas Praxedes, Guilherme Noe, Ranule and Marcus Molinari died on Sunday when the plane plummeted to the ground shortly after takeoff at the Tocantinense airfield, near the northern city of Palmas, the club said in a statement. The pilot, identified as Wagner, was also killed, reports Xinhua news agency.