'They stood up and shouted. I am alive because I curled up in foetal position': Crew member describes terrifying final moments of doomed Colombian flight as all six survivors are revealed

Erwin Tumiri (left) said terrified passengers left their seats and started screaming as the CP-2933 plane, struck by electrical problems, began to plummet into a mountainside. Another survivor, stewardess Ximena Suarez (right), told a government official the lights went off as the jet started to
go down. They were among six to survive the crash which killed 71, including all but three members of the Chapecoense football team. Mr Tumiri said he lived through the disaster because he 'followed safety procedures'. It comes as it emerged that Alan Ruschel, one of the players who survived, asked rescuers 'My family, my friends, where are they?' as he was being lifted from the crash site

The defender Neto (circled) was among just six who survived. Pictured from back left - Danilo, Mateus Caramelo, Cleber Santana, Willian Thiego, Neto and Josimar. From front left - Kempes, Ananias, Tiaguinho, Gil, Dener

'I put the bags in between my legs to form the foetal position that is recommended in the accidents,' Mr Tumiri told rescuers who hiked up the remote mountains of Cerro Gordo.

'During the situation, many stood up from their seats and they started to shout,' Fox Sports Argentina quoted him as saying.Another survivor, stewardess Ximena Suarez, told a government official the lights went off as the jet started to go down.

'I don't remember more at the moment,' she explained, according to a Deportes RCN report.

Goalkeeper Jackson Follmann (right), who survived the crash, has had to have his right leg amputated, it has emerged.

As Brazil declared three days of mourning, Colombia's civil aviation authority identified the three players who had survived the crash.

Chapecoense defenders Alan Ruschel, 27, and Helio Neto, 31, as well as goalkeeper Jackson Follmann, 24, were found alive at the crash site. Journalist Rafael Valmorbida, who worked for Chapeco's West Capital Radio and had 20 years of experience in the industry, also survived.

Stewardess Ximena Suarez, told a government official the lights went off as the jet started to go down

Neto and Valmorbida were in 'very delicate but stable' condition in intensive care, Dr. Guillermo Molina, head of a clinic treating them, said. 

Neto suffered trauma to his head, thorax and lungs, as well as open wounds to his knees.

Ruschel was also in intensive care but in stable condition, Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez, director of another clinic also attending them, said. The two members of the flight staff were out of danger and under observation, she said.

Follmann had his right leg amputated, according to Chapecoense spokesman Gelson Dalla Costa.

The team's goalkeeper Marcos Danilo Padilha, 31, died on the way to hospital after the crash.

He and Ruschel had earlier posed for selfies during the journey from Brazil with Ruschel, 27, telling fans: 'We're coming Colombia.

Ruschel's wife Moa has since spoken of her relief after her husband survived writing on Instagram: 'Thank God Alan is in the hospital. We are praying for everyone who wasn't saved.' 

According to volunteer rescuer Santiago Campuzano, Ruschel was being stretchered to safety when he mustered the strength to ask him: 'My family, my friends, where are they?'

PilotMiguel 'Micky' Quiroga, 54, was initially believed to have dumped the plane's fuel so it would not explode when it went down 30 miles, or four minutes, from Medellin, where it was due to land.

Bolivian crew members Ximena Suarez (pictured) and Erwin Tumiri are listed in stable condition in hospital and are recovering

It was believed Mr Quiroga's quick-thinking was the reason six people survived the LAMIA Bolivia Avro RJ-85 air tragedy.

But investigators have since said it is 'very suspicious' the plane did not blow up and there are fears the jet may have run out of fuel.

The charter flight from the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz reported 'electrical failures' around 10pm local time on Monday (3am GMT Tuesday).

The plane broke apart on impact, plastering the mountainside in white fuselage but its two black boxes have since been found.

Doctors have been treating traumatized the survivors - three footballers, a journalist and the two crew members - as an investigation into the crash began.

Investigators from Brazil flew in to join Colombian counterparts checking two black boxes from the crash site on a muddy hillside in wooded highlands near La Union town. 

Ruschel (pictured) was one of just six survivors from the crash and is now being treated in hospital for a fractured spine

Locals are accustomed to planes flying overhead at all hours but many were disturbed by the massive bang the echoed through the hillside.

'It came over my house, but there was no noise, the engine must have gone,' said Nancy Munoz, 35, who grows strawberries in the area.

Helio Hermito Zampier Neto found alive in the wreckage of the plane. He is pictured being treated by medics

'I thought it was a bomb, because the FARC rebels used to attack military infrastructure here. Then we heard the rescuers arriving,' her husband Fabian added.

By nightfall on Tuesday, rescuers had recovered most of the bodies which were to be repatriated to Brazil and Bolivia, where all the plane's nine-person crew were from.

Soldiers guarded the wreckage overnight after rescuers left, and investigators were to start work at first light. 

The plane was carrying Brazilian club side Chapecoense Real to the first of two games to decide the Copa Sudamericana, South America's second-biggest club tournament.