On the night of November 29, a regional airliner carrying players from the Brazilian club Chapecoense crashed in Colombia. Club employees and journalists were also on board. 76 people died, five more were taken to hospital by rescuers.

The plane crashed for an unknown reason before reaching 30 kilometers from Medellin airport in Colombia.

The airliner LMI2933 took off from the Bolivian Santa Cruz de la Sierra at 18:18 pm on November 28 local time (1:18 Moscow time). In five hours (6:00 Moscow time) the pilots reported dispatchers about problems on board related to power supply. The airport cleared the runway for an emergency landing, and the plane began flying in circles to run out of fuel, according to FlightRadar24 data.

Another 15 minutes later the plane crashed near the city of La Union. It broke into two pieces when it hit the ground. What exactly caused the disaster is unknown. Rescuers have not yet found the flight recorders; Search efforts have been suspended due to heavy rain. It is possible that the plane may have run out of fuel.

Almost the entire Chapecoense football team died in the disaster.


The Brazilian club was flying to Medellin for the final match of the Copa Sudamericana, in which Chapecoense was to meet with the Colombian Atlético Nacional. There were 22 football players on the plane. In addition, there were 25 more club representatives on board (coaches, doctors, managers), as well as data Caracol Radio, three “friends of the club”. 22 journalists flew with Chapecoense to the match. According to the latest data, 76 people died.

Five people survived


Rescuers took four passengers and a flight attendant to the hospital. The condition of the two victims is assessed as stable, the surviving football player Alan Ruschel is conscious. In addition to Ruschel, goalkeepers Marcos Danilo and Jackson Folman survived the crash. Brazilian journalist Rafael Hensel also managed to escape. The only survivor of the crew was flight attendant Ximena Suarez.

The Civil Aviation Authority also reported that flight engineer Erwin Tumiri survived the crash. Local media learned, that defender Elio Neto could also survive the fall. Officially, the police reported that only five people survived, and another victim died on the way to the hospital.

The team should not have been on this flight

According to El Tiempo, shortly before departure, the Brazilian Civil Aviation Authority banned Chapecoense from chartering to Medellin, forcing the team to book a commercial flight.

Football clubs around the world expressed their condolences to the Brazilian team

One of the first about solidarity announced at Atlético Nacional, with whom Chapecoense was flying to a match. Words of condolences came from other clubs and players, including Russian. The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has already announced that all games will be suspended for now.


Manchester United's thoughts are with Chapecoense and those affected by the tragedy in Colombia.

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Black boxes from crashed plane in Colombia found

The flight recorders of the plane that crashed on November 29, 30 kilometers from Medellin airport, have been found in Colombia. This was reported by the Colombian Civil Aviation Authority.

The black boxes are in good condition, the department said.

Plane that crashed in Colombia required landing due to lack of fuel

Before the disaster, the pilot of flight LMI2933 that crashed in Colombia, Miguel Quiroga, loudly demanded from air traffic controllers to land due to lack of fuel. Sources of the newspaper El Tiempo told about this.

By the time of the fall, the plane was already making its third waiting circle near the airport, since landing priority was assigned to another flight from Bogota, which had previously reported problems with its instruments.

Surviving flight attendant Jimena Suarez also spoke about the fuel shortage. However, in the official preliminary report on the crash, Colombian authorities stated that the pilot reported to dispatchers only about problems with electronics.

Rescuers also finally established the number of victims of the disaster. There were only 68 passengers on board, not 72 as previously reported. Four people missed their flight. Of the 77 passengers and crew members, seven survived the disaster; one survivor subsequently died in hospital.

Sources say the pilot of the LaMia flight, Miguel Alejandro Quiroga Murakami, continuously raised his voice and asked to land due to lack of fuel, and then directed the plane towards the airport (Spanish).EL TIEMPO

The tragedy happened in the morning, Moscow time, when the plane traveled most of the way to Medellin International Airport in the capital of Colombia, Bogota.

There were 81 people on board, of whom nine were crew members and 72 were passengers. Among the passengers were 27 Chapecoense football players, as well as members of the club delegation and journalists.

The exact number of victims has not been reported at the moment, and in the club’s Facebook group, fans leave messages on the wall with the hashtag “live.”

The actions of rescuers are complicated by the fact that the plane crashed in a mountainous area, but one of the Colombian hospitals has already reported the admission of five passengers who survived the accident, and then another five.

Radio station 360 Radio Colombia reported that the crew of the charter flight signaled to ground services that the fuel level was low. The pilot decided to make an emergency landing, but the plane did not reach the nearest airport and crashed in the La Union area, 37 km from its destination - the city of Medellin.

In addition, the first photos from the scene of the incident appeared online. One of them shows the emblem of the Brazilian club.

According to the latest information, from ten to 16 people survived, and among them there are definitely three Chapecoense players: Alan Ruschel, Danilo Padilla and Jackson Vollman. It is reported that at least 25 people have already become victims of the tragedy.

The dispatchers became aware that the plane's electronics had failed even before the crash after a message from the pilot, who then circled over the ground for a long time, choosing a place for an emergency landing so that the plane would not explode on contact with the ground, which helped some passengers survive.

Chapecoense was founded in 1973, is a five-time champion of the state of Santa Catarina and is currently ranked ninth in the Brazilian Football Confederation rankings.

In 2013, the club from Chapeco, finishing second in Serie B, returned to the elite national division after 35 years.

It is interesting that first place in the Serie B championship that year was taken by the most titled Brazilian club, Palmeiras, which this season, one round before the finish of the championship, scored its ninth victory in the Brazilian national championship.

It was in the match against Chapecoense, which currently occupies ninth place in the championship table, that Palmeiras won the title, winning with a score of 1:0.

Chapecoense, after returning to the elite, took first 15th and then 14th place and, at the end of the 2015 season, qualified for the second most important club tournament in South America - the Sudamericana Cup.

According to the tournament regulations, Brazilian teams will start in the second stage with confrontations with their compatriots. To get into the main draw, Chapecoense had to overcome the resistance of Cuiaba from Serie C, which was done, although not without difficulty (0:1, 3:1).

In the main round, Chapecoense first faced Argentina's Independiente and advanced to the quarter-finals after two goalless draws and a penalty shootout victory.

In the quarterfinals, the Brazilian team beat the Colombian Junior (0:1, 3:0), and then in the semifinals, thanks to an away goal, they were stronger than the Argentine San Lorenzo (1:1, 0:0).

In the final, Chapecoense was scheduled to meet another Colombian team, Atlético Nacional. The first meeting was scheduled for November 30 and was to take place in the capital of Colombia, and on December 7 the rivals were to play in Chapeco.

The fate of the final is currently unknown, but, apparently, CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation) will cancel the confrontation, and the winner will not be revealed this year.

The most famous Chapecoense footballer is a midfielder who played for Atlético Madrid from 2007 to 2010.

The team's only foreign player, the 28-year-old Argentine, played 13 matches for the Spanish Villarreal in 2012, scoring one goal.

The team's most promising football player is a player from the Brazilian youth team, bought before the current season from Gremio by the German Hoffenheim, but loaned to Chapecoense.

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There were 81 people and crew on board the passenger airliner that crashed in Colombia, including players from a Brazilian football club. During the search and rescue operation, survivors were found, but the exact number is not yet known.

Reports that began to emerge in the first hours after the crash gave hope. There are survivors. True, for a long time they could not give exact numbers. Later the first names appeared. Thus, one of the Colombian radio stations reported that among the survivors was Alan Ruschel, a defender of the Chapecoense football team. He has a broken femur and a head injury. Goalkeeper Danilo Padilla and one of the flight attendants also survived.

“Soon the doctors will bring the surviving flight attendant, her condition is stable. It is very difficult to get to the scene of the disaster; ordinary cars will not get there. It’s great that there are survivors, there are many of them, but we can’t say exactly how many,” said one of the rescuers.

Then the information about a large number of survivors was denied by the authorities. Only six were taken to the hospital. Already in the hospital, one of the patients died. But a few hours later - again an urgent message from Colombian radio: “Authorities confirm the discovery of another survivor.” At the same time, they say that we are talking about the Brazilian football player Hélio Zampier Neto.

According to official data, 75 people were killed. In total, there were 72 passengers and nine crew members on board the crashed plane.

Here in the video footage you can see how the airliner disappears from the radar screens. The plane was heading to Medellin, Colombia's second largest city and its industrial capital. The players of the Chapecoense club flew there to play for the Copa Sudamericana with the local Atlético Nacional. The match was scheduled for tomorrow.

The footage posted on YouTube was filmed at the departure airport in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. On them the football players are preparing to land. Footage also emerged taken by survivor Alan Ruschel inside the plane. He shows the passengers sitting next to him. There is also a photo taken today in the team's locker room. It shows three football players who did not fly to the game in Colombia.

Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez today sent words of condolences to the families and friends of the victims.

“It is very sad to confirm such information. All that can be done now is to help the work of doctors and rescuers. This is truly a tragedy. It's hard to imagine. We want to express words of support to the families of the deceased football players from Brazil,” the mayor said

Local media say there was bad weather in the area of ​​the disaster. According to the administration of the airport where the plane was departing, the crew reported an emergency at ten o'clock in the evening local time. It was six in the morning in Moscow at that time. The crew reported problems with electrical equipment.

17:21 01/12/2016 Experts have completed the identification of all victims of the plane crash.

21:54 30/11/2016 Lack of fuel was named as the main reason for the plane crash. Experts investigating the incident believe that at the time of takeoff, the aircraft was not properly refueled.

08:00 30/11/2016 Rescuers found the bodies of 66 dead people at the scene of the plane crash.

15:32 29/11/2016 The bodies of 35 dead people are displayed at the site of the plane crash.

13:45 11/29/2016 One of the victims of the plane crash died. Doctors continue to fight for the lives of the remaining survivors.

11:18 11/29/2016 The first versions of the plane crash with Brazilian football players have been named. Among the main ones are technical failure of control and lack of fuel.

9:02 11/29/2016 At the scene of the plane crash, rescuers managed to find several survivors - their condition is critical, but doctors are making every effort to save people’s lives. The search and rescue operation was significantly complicated by unfavorable weather conditions and darkness.

8:36 11/29/2016 A plane with 81 people on board crashed in the suburbs of the Colombian city of Rionegro. Search and rescue operations are being carried out at the crash site. The first victims have been discovered.

Chronicle of events in the skies over Colombia

Taking into account the official information provided by the authorities of Brazil and Colombia, while flying from Bolivia to Colombia, the Avro RJ85 plane crashed near the Colombian city of Rionegro, where the plane with 72 passengers and 9 crew members was heading. The tragic plane crash actually occurred a few minutes before the passenger plane landed at its destination, however, the official circumstances of the aircraft crash have not yet been made public.

Causes and circumstances of the plane crash near Rionegro

Despite the fact that the authorities of Colombia and Brazil currently refuse to comment in any way on the plane crash, some details have become known that make it possible to find possible facts related to the tragedy.

Technical problem

Already in the first minutes after information about the plane crash with 72 passengers on board was officially confirmed, information appeared about a possible technical malfunction of the aircraft, which the crew commander reported to the Rionegro air traffic controller. According to preliminary information, the crew experienced serious problems with controlling the aircraft, in particular, this began to manifest itself when the altitude was reduced, which is why the Medellin Cordoba airport dispatcher gave the pilots priority to land. This version has not been officially commented on by the authorities, however, in the ongoing investigation it is taken into account as quite probable.

Fuel shortage

Another version of the plane crash that occurred on November 29, 2016 near the Colombian city of Rionegro is considered to be a lack of fuel in the aircraft’s fuel tanks. Taking into account the fact that it was documented that the plane was refueled, and also taking into account the pre-flight check of the systems, there should have been enough fuel in the tanks of the plane to successfully complete this flight, which quite likely leads to the fact that the fuel tanks leaked during the flight . Damage to the fuel tanks could have occurred either due to a mechanical shock, or due to thermal stresses, in particular, during temperature changes, the fuel tanks could have cracked, which is quite probable, since the pilot did not report the first circumstance to the dispatchers.

Consequences of the plane crash, dead and injured.

Despite the fact that the plane carrying 81 people fell from a fairly high altitude, scattering upon impact with the ground into a large number of separate parts, rescuers working at the scene of the crash were still able to find survivors - at the moment we are talking about 10 people , some of which are in critical condition. Experts have already found 25 victims of this tragic plane crash, however, taking into account the fact that many survivors have been found, rescuers believe that there may well be people under the remaining wreckage who can still be saved.

A plane carrying 72 passengers, including football players from the Brazilian club Chapecoense, crashed in Colombia. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to the Univision TV channel.

According to the TV channel, in addition to 72 passengers there were also 9 crew members on board.

Reuters reported that the number of victims of the Lamia Airlines plane crash in Colombia was 76 people. Thus, 5 people survived the plane crash.

Among them are a flight attendant, Chapecoense goalkeeper Danilo, team defender Alan Roshal and a massage therapist. Alan Roshal has a broken hip and an open head wound.






Previously it was reported that 15 survived, but this information was not confirmed.

360 Radio Colombia, citing a police spokesman in the Colombian city of Medellin, reports that search and rescue efforts have been suspended due to the fact that there are no more survivors at the scene of the accident. Up to 500 people took part in the rescue efforts, including military and national police officers.

The mayor of the neighboring city of La Ceja cited three possible reasons for the plane crash, including lack of fuel, technical problems with the plane and weather conditions.

Earlier it was reported that the crew signaled low fuel level. The pilots of the plane that crashed in Colombia sent an emergency message at 22:00 local time about electrical problems on board. About an hour later the plane crashed.

It also became known that the Chapecoense players changed the plane right before departure and boarded the ill-fated airliner. According to El Tiempo, representatives of the Brazilian aviation forced the players to board the plane, which subsequently collapsed.

The athletes were due to arrive at the hotel this morning and begin training at the Estadio Attanasio Girardot to take part in the first Copa Sudamericana final match.

It is reported that the crashed plane had previously transported football players from the Argentine national team and the Colombian Atlético Nacional team. The president of the latter, Juan Carlos de la Cuesta, claims that his players have flown on this airliner more than once.

A photo appeared on Twitter of a local publication where the wreckage of the airliner is clearly visible. Judging by the image, the hull of the aircraft received significant damage from the impact with the ground, while its debris did not scatter over any significant distance.




Media reports that the Chapecoense players managed to take a selfie with the pilot of the airliner that crashed over Colombia. Allegedly, one of the players sent the photo to his girlfriend shortly before takeoff or during a stopover in Bolivia.




Due to the plane crash, the Brazilian Football Federation decided to postpone the final matches indefinitely. Currently, an option is being considered in which Chapecoense and Nacional will field their youth squads for the games.

Famous football players, including Galatasaray player Lukas Podolski and Real Madrid midfielder Lucas Silva, spoke out about the tragedy. The German striker called for prayers for those killed in the plane crash.

The football players were heading to the Colombian city of Medellin to participate in the South American Cup match.

Colombian authorities confirm that a plane carrying a football team crashed in the province of Antioquia in the La Union area. According to radio station 360 Radio Colombia, rescue service personnel have now arrived at the crash site.

Also, according to the radio station, crew members of the plane that crashed in Colombia gave a signal about low fuel level. It is reported that the pilots were planning to make an emergency landing at the nearest airport, but the plane crashed.