 The Avro RJ85 involved, photographed in 2013 with its previous registration number | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 28 November 2016 |
| Summary | Crashed following fuel exhaustion |
| Site | Mt. Cerro Gordo, near La Unión, Antioquia, Colombia 5°58′43″N 75°25′6″W / 5.97861°N 75.41833°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Avro RJ85 |
| Operator | LaMia |
| ICAO flight No. | LMI2933 |
| Registration | CP-2933 |
| Flight origin | Viru Viru International Airport, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
| Destination | José María Córdova International Airport, Rionegro, Colombia |
| Occupants | 77 |
| Passengers | 73 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 71 |
| Injuries | 6 |
| Survivors | 6 |
LaMia Flight 2933 was a charter flight of an Avro RJ85, operated by LaMia, that on 28 November 2016 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of the 77 people on board. The aircraft was transporting the first-team squad of Brazilian football club Chapecoense and their entourage from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, to Medellín, where the team was scheduled to play at the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals. One of the four crew members, three of the players, and two other passengers survived with injuries.
The official report from Colombia's civil aviation agency, Aerocivil, found the causes of the crash to be fuel exhaustion due to an inappropriate flight plan by the airline, and pilot error regarding poor decision making as the situation worsened, including a failure to declare an emergency for 36 minutes after fuel levels became critically low, thus failing to inform air traffic control at Medellín – until just seconds before its fuel starved engines flamed out, and 18 kilometres (9.7 nmi; 11 mi) from the airport – that an immediate landing was required.