LaMia Flight 2933
Avro RJ85 serial number E.2348 (the aircraft involved) in 2013, bearing its previous registration marks
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| Accident summary | |
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| Date | 28 November 2016 |
| Summary | Fuel exhaustion due to deficient flight planning |
| Site | Cerro Gordo, La Unión, Antioquia 5°58′44″N 75°25′08″W / 5.978767°N 75.418850°WCoordinates: 5°58′44″N 75°25′08″W / 5.978767°N 75.418850°W |
| Passengers | 73 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 71 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 6 |
| Survivors | 6 |
| Aircraft type | Avro RJ85 |
| Operator | LaMia |
| Registration | CP-2933 |
| Flight origin | Viru Viru International Airport, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
| Destination | José María Córdova International Airport, Rionegro, Colombia |
LaMia Flight 2933 (LMI2933) was a charter flight of an Avro RJ85, operated by LaMia, that crashed in Colombia at 21:58 local time on 28 November 2016, killing 71 of the 77 people on board.
The aircraft was transporting the Brazilian Chapecoense football squad, including 22 players, 23 coaching and other club staff, 2 guests and 21 journalists, from Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, to José María Córdova International Airport in Colombia. The team was en route to play the first leg of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals in Medellín, against Colombian team Atlético Nacional. One of the four crewmembers; three of the players; and two other passengers survived.
According to the preliminary report, several decisions of the flight crew were incompatible with aviation regulations and rendered the flight unsafe. Insufficient flight planning (disregarding necessary fuel stops) and not declaring an emergency when the fuel neared exhaustion caused the crash.
The aircraft was an Avro RJ85, registration CP-2933,serial number E.2348, which first flew on 26 March 1999. After service with other airlines and a period in storage between 2010 and 2013, it was acquired by LaMia, a Venezuelan-owned Bolivian airline.
The aircraft was carrying 73 passengers and 4 crew members on a flight from Viru Viru International Airport, in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, to José María Córdova International Airport, serving Medellín in Colombia and located in nearby Rionegro. Among the passengers were members of the Brazilian Associação Chapecoense de Futebol who were travelling to play their away leg of the Final for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana in Medellín against Atlético Nacional.
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