LaMia Flight 2933

The aircraft was an Avro RJ85, registration CP-2933,{{cite web|last=Hradecky|first=Simon|title=Crash: LAMIA Bolivia RJ85 near Medellin on Nov 28th 2016, electrical problems, impact with terrain|url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4a16583c&opt=0|access-date=29 November 2016|work=The Aviation Herald}} serial number E.2348.{{cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=CP-2933 accident description|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20161128-0|access-date=29 November 2016|website=Aviation Safety Network|publisher=Flight Safety Foundation|quote=The airline's general director reported in local media that the initial plans were for LaMia to fly the football team from São Paulo, Brazil to Medellín with a refueling stop at Cobija in northern Bolivia}} After service with other airlines and a period in storage between 2010 and 2013, it was acquired by LaMia, a Venezuelan-owned airline operating out of Bolivia.{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/futbol/america/2016/11/29/583d7c31468aeb04128b4578.html|work=Marca|first=Fabián |last=Torres|title=Accidente avión Chapecoense: El piloto del avión siniestrado también era el dueño de la aerolínea LaMia |trans-title=Chapecoense aircraft accident: The pilot of the LaMia aircraft was also the owner of the airline |date=29 November 2016|access-date=29 November 2016|language=es}}

The captain was 36-year-old Miguel Alejandro Quiroga Murakami, who was a former Bolivian Air Force (FAB) pilot and had previously flown for EcoJet, which also operated the Avro RJ85. He joined LaMia in 2013 and at the time of the accident he was one of the airline's co-owners as well as a flight instructor.{{cite news |author=Haines |first=Gavin |date=30 November 2016 |title=Colombia plane crash: What do we know about the airline? |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/colombia-plane-crash-what-do-we-know-about-the-airline/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 November 2016}} Quiroga had logged a total of 6,692 flight hours, including 3,417 hours on the Avro RJ85.{{Rp|page=20}}{{Cite news|last=Navia|first=Roberto|date=2016-11-29|title=LaMia es boliviana y uno de sus dueños falleció|language=es|trans-title=LaMia is Bolivian and one of its owners passed away|work=El Deber|url=http://www.eldeber.com.bo/mundo/lamia-boliviana-y-duenos-fallecio.html|url-status=dead|access-date=2020-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130153647/http://www.eldeber.com.bo/mundo/lamia-boliviana-y-duenos-fallecio.html|archive-date=2016-11-30}}

The first officer was 47-year-old Fernando Goytia, who was also a former FAB pilot. He received his type rating on the Avro RJ85 five months before the accident and had had 6,923 flight hours, with 1,474 of them on the Avro RJ85.{{Rp|page=21}}{{Cite web |title=Colombia plane crash bodies head home to Brazil and Bolivia |url=https://www.euronews.com/2016/12/02/colombia-plane-crash-bodies-flown-home-to-brazil-and-bolivia |access-date=September 25, 2023 |work=Euronews|date=2 December 2016 }}

29-year-old Sisy Arias, a trainee pilot, was an observer in the cockpit. She had been interviewed by TV before the flight.{{Cite news|title=Diese junge Co-Pilotin starb bei dem tragischen Flugzeugabsturz - Video|trans-title=This young co-pilot died in the tragic plane crash - video|url=https://www.focus.de/panorama/videos/flug-lamia933-es-war-der-jungfernflug-der-jungen-co-pilotin_id_6288556.html|access-date=2020-07-18|work=Focus|language=de}}{{Cite web|date=2016-12-01|title=Sisy, la modelo que lo dejó todo por ser piloto y murió en su primer vuelo con el Chapecoense|trans-title=Sisi, the model who left everything for being a pilot and died on her first flight with the Chapecoense|url=https://www.las2orillas.co/sisy-la-modelo-que-lo-dejo-todo-por-ser-piloto-y-murio-en-su-primer-vuelo-con-lamia/|access-date=2020-07-18|website=Las2orillas|language=es}}

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The aircraft was carrying 73 passengers and four crew members{{cite web |date=22 December 2016 |title=Preliminary Report Investigation COL-16-37-GIA Fuel Exhaustion Accident on 29, November 2015 Aircraft AVRO 146-RJ85, Reg.CP2933 La Unión, Antioquia–Colombia |url=http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/autoridad-de-la-aviacion-civil/investigacion/2016/English%20-%20Preliminary%20Report%20CP2933%20V01%20-%20STATES%20REVISION.pdf |access-date=30 December 2016 |publisher=Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Group |place=Colombia}}{{Rp|page=3}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/29/americas/colombia-plane-accident/index.html#|work=CNN|title=Colombia plane crash: 71 dead on Brazil soccer team's charter flight |access-date=30 November 2016}} Among the passengers were 22 players of the Brazilian Associação Chapecoense de Futebol club, 23 staff, 21 journalists, and two guests.{{cite news|title=Plane Carrying Football Players From Brazil Crashes In Colombia|url=http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/plane-carrying-football-players-from-brazil-crashes-in-colombia-1631523?browserpush=true|access-date=29 November 2016|work=NDTV|date=29 November 2016}} The team was travelling to play their away leg of the Final for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana in Medellín against Atlético Nacional.{{cite news|title=Plane carrying Brazilian football team Chapecoense crashes in Colombia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/29/plane-carrying-brazilian-footballers-team-chapecoense-crashes-en-route-to-medellin|access-date=29 November 2016|work=The Guardian}}

Chapecoense's initial request to charter LaMia for the whole journey from São Paulo to Medellín was refused by the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil because the limited scope of freedom of the air agreements between the two countries, under International Civil Aviation Organization rules, would have required the use of a Brazilian or Colombian airline for such a service.{{cite news|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/futbol/equipo-chapecoense-cambio-de-vuelo-por-decision-de-aviacion-brasilena/16761425|work=El Tiempo|language=es |title=Al Chapecoense lo hicieron cambiar de avión|trans-title=Chapecoense was made to change aircraft |date=29 November 2016|access-date=29 November 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Phillips |first1=Dom |last2=Schmidt |first2=Samantha |last3=Murphy |first3=Brian |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/29/survivors-reported-after-plane-carrying-brazilian-soccer-team-crashes-in-colombia/ |title=Tragedy of huge proportions: Plane with a championship-bound Brazilian soccer team crashes into mountainside |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=15 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.iata.org/policy/promoting-aviation/liberalization/agenda-freedom/Documents/brazil-report.pdf |title=The Impact of International Air Service Liberalisation on Brazil |publisher=InterVISTAS-EU Consulting Inc. |date=July 2009 |access-date=16 December 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161216130224/http://www.iata.org/policy/promoting-aviation/liberalization/agenda-freedom/Documents/brazil-report.pdf |archive-date=16 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |date=27 April 2018 |title=Final Report Accident COL-16-37-GIA Fuel Exhaustion AVRO 146-RJ85, Reg. CP2933 29 November 2015 Aircraft, La Unión, Antioquia–Colombia |url=http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/autoridad-de-la-aviacion-civil/investigacion/listado%20de%20accidentes%202016/Final%20Report%20-%20ACCIDENT%20CP2933%20-%20English%20Version.pdf |access-date=15 February 2019 |publisher=Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Group |place=Colombia}}{{rp|page=7}} The club opted to retain LaMia and arranged a flight with Boliviana de Aviación from São Paulo to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, where it boarded the LaMia flight.{{Cite news|last1=Schaefer Muñoz |first1=Sara |last2=Jelmayer |first2=Rogerio |last3=Johnson |first3=Reed |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/plane-carrying-brazilian-soccer-team-crashes-in-colombia-1480403646 |title=Plane Carrying Brazilian Soccer Team Crashes in Colombia |website=Wall Street Journal |publisher=Dow Jones & Company, Inc. |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=15 December 2016}}{{Cite news|last=Domonoske |first=Camila |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/01/503963687/before-deadly-crash-in-colombia-pilot-said-he-was-out-of-fuel|title=Before Deadly Crash In Colombia, Pilot Said He was out of Fuel |quote=there was a planned refueling stop in Cobija, [Bolivia], but that the delay meant they'd have to refuel in Bogotá, Colombia, instead. |website=NPR.org |date=1 December 2016 |publisher=NPR |access-date=2 December 2016}} LaMia had previously transported other teams for international competitions, including Chapecoense and the Argentina national team, which had flown on the same aircraft two weeks before.{{cite news|url=http://www.infobae.com/deportes-2/2016/11/29/messi-y-la-seleccion-argentina-viajaron-en-el-mismo-avion-del-accidente-de-chapecoense-hace-18-dias/|work=Infobae|title=Messi y la Selección argentina viajaron en el mismo avión del accidente hace 18 días |trans-title=Messi and the Argentine team travelled in the accident aircraft 18 days ago|access-date=29 November 2016|date=29 November 2016|language=es}} The flight from São Paulo landed at Santa Cruz at 16:50 local time.{{cite web|url=http://www.consuladodebolivia.com.ar/2016/11/29/boa-transporto-chapecoense-solo-san-pablo-santa-cruz-lamia-hacia-medellin/ |title=BoA transportó a Chapecoense sólo de San Pablo a Santa Cruz y Lamia hacia Medellin |language=es |trans-title=BoA only transported Chapecoense from São Paulo to Santa Cruz and LaMia [took them] to Medellin |publisher=Bolivian Consulate in Rosario, Argentina |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=15 December 2016|archive-date=15 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215203308/http://www.consuladodebolivia.com.ar/2016/11/29/boa-transporto-chapecoense-solo-san-pablo-santa-cruz-lamia-hacia-medellin/}}

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The RJ85 operating LaMia flight 2933 departed Santa Cruz at 18:18 local time (22:18 UTC) on 28 November 2016.{{Cite news |url=https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/lmi2933-crash-near-medellin/ |title=LMI2933 Crash near Medellin |newspaper=Flightradar24 Blog |publisher=Flightradar24 AB |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=13 December 2016|last1=Petchenik |first1=Ian }} A Chapecoense team member's request to have a video game retrieved from his luggage in the aircraft's cargo delayed departure.{{Cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2016/12/02/search-for-video-game-may-be-why-colombia-plane-didnt-refuel/ |title=Search for video game may be why Colombia plane didn't refuel |last=Steinbuch |first=Yaron |date=2 December 2016 |website=New York Post |publisher=NYP Holdings, Inc. |access-date=14 December 2016}} The original flight plan included an intermediate refueling stop at the Cobija–Captain Aníbal Arab Airport, near Bolivia's border with Brazil;{{cite news |title=Why the Chapecoense football team's plane ran out of fuel |date=1 December 2016 |newspaper=The Economist |publisher=The Economist Newspaper Limited |quote=An earlier commercial flight had brought them from São Paulo in Brazil to Bolivia. The private jet was scheduled to stop for refuelling in Cobija, in Bolivia’s north. |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2016/12/fuel-folly |access-date=5 December 2016}} however, the flight's late departure meant the aircraft would not arrive at Cobija prior to the airport's closing time. An officer of Bolivia's Airports and Air Navigation Services Administration (AASANA – {{Langx|es|Administración de Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares a la Navegación Aérea}}) at Santa Cruz de la Sierra reportedly rejected the crew's flight plan for a direct flight to Medellín several times despite pressure to approve it, because of the aircraft's range being almost the same as the flight distance. The flight plan was approved by another AASANA officer.{{efn|group=notes|Some newspapers quoted LaMia's general manager as stating that the flight plan had been altered to include a refueling stop in Bogotá; in fact, no such change was made, and the crew continued with their plan to fly directly to Medellín.{{rp|page=89}}}} The distance between Santa Cruz and Medellín airports is {{convert|1598|nmi|km mi}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=VVI-MDE|title=Great Circle Mapper|website=www.gcmap.com|access-date=2 December 2016}} A fuel stop in Cobija would have broken the flight into two segments, an initial segment of {{convert|514|nmi|km mi}} to Cobija followed by a flight of {{convert|1101|nmi|km mi}} to Medellín, a total of {{convert|1615|nmi|km mi}}.

The flight crew anticipated a fuel consumption of 8,858 kg for their planned route of 1,611 nmi (including 200 kg for taxiing).{{rp|page=57}} After refueling at Santa Cruz, CP2933 had 9,073 kg on board.{{rp|page=90}} ICAO regulations would have required them to carry a total fuel load of 12,052 kg, to allow for holding, diversion, and other contingencies.{{rp|page=71}} The RJ85's fuel tanks have a capacity of 9,362 kg.{{rp|page=70}} Around 21:16 local time (02:16 UTC, 29 November), about 180 nmi from their destination, the aircraft displayed a low-fuel warning. At this point, they were 77 nmi from Bogotá, but the crew took no steps to divert there, nor to inform ATC of the situation.{{rp|page=61}} The RJ85 continued on course and began its descent towards Medellín at 21:30.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacdec.de/2016/11/29/2016-11-28-lamia-avro-rj-85-crashed-near-medellin-with-81-on-board/|title=LAMIA Avro RJ-85 crashed near Medellin with 81 on board|last=Richter|first=Jan|work=JACDEC|access-date=29 November 2016|archive-date=6 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206013953/http://www.jacdec.de/2016/11/29/2016-11-28-lamia-avro-rj-85-crashed-near-medellin-with-81-on-board/|url-status=dead}}

Another aircraft had diverted to Medellín from its planned route (from Bogotá to San Andres) because of a suspected fuel leak. Medellín air traffic controllers gave that aircraft priority to land and at 21:43 the LaMia RJ85's crew was instructed to enter a holding pattern at the Rionegro VOR beacon and wait with three other aircraft for its turn to land.{{Rp|pages=4–5}} The crew requested and were given authorisation to hold at an RNAV waypoint named GEMLI, about {{convert|5.4|nmi|km mi|0}} south of the Rionegro VOR.{{Rp|pages=5,7}} While waiting for the other aircraft to land, during the last 15 minutes of its flight, the RJ85 completed two laps of the holding pattern. This added approximately {{convert|54|nmi|km mi|0}} to its flight path.{{cite web|url=https://fearoflanding.com/accidents/not-enough-fuel-the-disgusting-truth-about-lamia-flight-2933/ |title=Not Enough Fuel: The Disgusting Truth About LaMia Flight 2933 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161215211753/https://fearoflanding.com/accidents/not-enough-fuel-the-disgusting-truth-about-lamia-flight-2933/ |website=Fear of Landing |publisher=Sylvia Wrigley |date=2 December 2016 |access-date=15 December 2016 |archive-date=15 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{Self-published source|expert=y|date=December 2016}}

At 21:49, the crew requested priority for landing because of unspecified "problems with fuel", and were told to expect an approach clearance in "approximately seven minutes". At 21:52, a full 36 minutes after the onboard low-fuel warning had notified the crew of its situation, the crew finally declared a fuel emergency and requested immediate descent clearance and "vectors" for approach. At 21:53, with the aircraft nearing the end of its second lap of the holding pattern, engines 3 and 4 (the two engines on the right wing) flamed out due to fuel exhaustion; engines 1 and 2 flamed out two minutes later, at which point the flight data recorder (FDR) stopped operating.{{Rp|pages=7–9}} Shortly before 22:00, while flying in Colombian airspace between the municipalities of La Ceja and La Unión, the pilot reported an electrical failure and fuel exhaustion.{{cite news|last1=Ostrower|first1=John|title=Colombia plane crash: Jet ran out of fuel, pilot said|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/29/americas/colombia-plane-crash-investigation/index.html|access-date=30 November 2016|work=CNN}}{{cite news|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1960605-accidente-chapecoense-tareas-de-rescate|work=La Nación|title=Accidente de Chapecoense: los rescatistas tienen que subir media hora por la montaña a pie|trans-title=Chapecoense accident: rescuers have to climb half an hour up the mountain on foot|language=es|date=29 November 2016|access-date=29 November 2016|archive-date=6 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706103840/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1960605-accidente-chapecoense-tareas-de-rescate|url-status=dead}} An air traffic controller radioed that the aircraft was {{convert|0.1|nmi|m yd}} from the Rionegro VOR, but its altitude data were no longer being received. The crew replied that the aircraft was at an altitude of {{convert|9000|ft}}; the procedure for an aircraft approaching to land at José María Córdova International Airport states it must be at an altitude of at least {{convert|10000|ft}} when passing over the Rionegro VOR. Air traffic control radar stopped detecting the aircraft at 21:55 local time as it descended among the mountains south of the airport.

At 21:59, the aircraft hit the crest of a ridge on a mountain known as Cerro Gordo at an altitude of {{convert|2600|m}} while flying in a northwesterly direction, with the wreckage of the rear of the aircraft on the southern side of the crest and other wreckage coming to rest on the northern side of the crest adjacent to the Rionegro VOR transmitter facility, which is in line with runway 01 at José María Córdova International Airport and about {{convert|18|km|nmi mi}} from the southern end.{{Rp|page=15}}

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Helicopters from the Colombian Air Force were initially unable to get to the site because of heavy fog in the area, while first aid workers arrived two hours after the crash to find debris strewn across an area about {{convert|100|m}} in diameter. It was not until 02:00 on 29 November that the first survivor arrived at a hospital: Alan Ruschel, one of the Chapecoense team members.{{cite news|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/medellin/avion-que-transportaba-a-jugadores-del-chapecoense-se-accidento-en-antioquia/16761383|work=El Tiempo|title=Son seis los sobrevivientes del accidente aéreo en Antioquia |trans-title=Six survivors of the aircraft crash in Antioquia |date=29 November 2016|language=es|access-date=29 November 2016}} Six people were found alive in the wreckage. The last survivor to be found was footballer Neto who was discovered at 05:40.{{Cite news|url=http://noticias.caracoltv.com/colombia/avion-que-transportaba-al-equipo-chapecoense-de-brasil-se-encuentra-desaparecido |trans-title=Aircraft crash involving Chapecoense leaves 75 people dead |title=Accidente de avión en el que viajaba Chapecoense deja 75 personas muertas|date=29 November 2016|work=Caracol.tv|language=es|access-date=29 November 2016}} Chapecoense backup goalkeeper Jakson Follmann underwent a potentially life-saving leg amputation.{{Cite news |last=Levy |first=Megan |date=November 30, 2016 |title=Colombia plane crash: Chapecoense soccer player Jackson Follmann has leg amputated |language=en |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/colombia-plane-crash-chapecoense-soccer-player-jackson-follmann-has-leg-amputated-20161130-gt0di7.html |access-date=September 25, 2023}} 71 of the 77 occupants died as a result of the crash. The number of dead was initially thought to be 75, but it was later revealed that four people had not boarded the aircraft.{{cite news|last1=Lawlor|first1=David|title=Colombia plane crash: 71 dead and six survivors on flight carrying Chapecoense football team|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/29/colombia-plane-carrying-brazil-football-team-crashes-latest/|access-date=29 November 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=29 November 2016}} Colombian Air Force personnel extracted the bodies of 71 victims from the wreckage and took them to an air force base. They were then taken to the Instituto de Medicina Legal in Medellín for identification.{{cite news|url=http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/corpos-de-vitimas-de-queda-do-voo-da-chapecoense-ja-estao-todos-no-iml-de-medellin.ghtml|work=G1|title=Corpos de vítimas de queda do voo da Chapecoense já estão todos no IML de Medellin |trans-title=Bodies of victims of the Chapecoense air crash are already at the IML in Medellín |date=29 November 2016|access-date=29 November 2016|language=pt}}

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The Air Accident Investigation Group (GRIAA – {{Langx|es|Grupo de Investigación de Accidentes Aéreos}}), the investigation group of Colombia's Civil Aviation Authority (UAEAC or Aerocivil – {{Langx|es|Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil}}),{{Cite web|title=Investigación de accidentes e incidentes graves|trans-title=Investigation of accidents and serious incidents|url=http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/autoridad-de-la-aviacion-civil/investigacion-de-accidentes-e-incidentes-graves|access-date=2020-05-27|work=Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil|language=es|archive-date=12 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612011024/http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/autoridad-de-la-aviacion-civil/investigacion-de-accidentes-e-incidentes-graves|url-status=dead}} investigated the accident, with assistance from BAE Systems (the successor company to British Aerospace, the aircraft’s manufacturer) and the British Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) as the investigative body of the state of the manufacturer. A team of three AAIB accident investigators was deployed.{{cite press release|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-aaib-is-sending-a-team-of-inspectors-to-colombia|title=The AAIB is sending a team of inspectors to Colombia|publisher=Air Accidents Investigation Branch|access-date=29 November 2016}} They were joined by investigators from Bolivia's national aviation authority, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC – {{Langx|es|Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil}}).{{cite news|url=http://www.la-razon.com/ciudades/seguridad_ciudadana/Colombia-avion-accidente-Chapecoense_0_2609739060.html|work=La Razón|first=Paulo|last=Cuiza|title=DGAC envía comisión de investigadores a Colombia y asegura que nave de Lamia partió de Bolivia en perfectas condiciones |trans-title=DGAC sends panel of investigators to Colombia and states that the LaMia aircraft left Bolivia in perfect condition |date=29 November 2016|access-date=29 November 2016 |language=es}} In all, twenty-three specialists were deployed on the investigation; in addition to ten Colombian investigators and those from Bolivia and the United Kingdom, Brazil and the United States contributed personnel to the investigation.{{cite press release |url=http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/prensa/noticias/Pages/Aerocivil-presenta-informe-preliminar-del-accidente-de-LAMIA-en-Antioquia1226-575.aspx |title=Aerocivil presenta informe preliminar del accidente de LAMIA en Antioquia |trans-title=Aerocivil presents preliminary report on the LAMIA accident in Antioquia |language=es |publisher=Aerocivil Colombia |date=26 December 2016 |access-date=28 December 2016}} On the afternoon of 29 November the UAEAC reported that both flight recorders – the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) – had been recovered undamaged.

Evidence very quickly emerged to suggest that the aircraft had run out of fuel: the flight attendant who survived the accident reported that the captain's final words were "there is no fuel",{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/30/final-panicked-words-of-pilot-in-colombian-plane-crash-as-he-ran-out-of-fuel-6293649/ |title=Final panicked words of pilot in Colombian plane crash as he 'ran out of fuel' |first=Richard |last=Hartley-Parkinson |publisher=Associated Newspapers Ltd |work=Metro |date=30 November 2016 |access-date=30 November 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/story/plane-thought-to-be-carrying-a-brazilian-football-team-crashes-in-colombia-10676541|title=Brazilian football team's plane crashes in Colombia killing 76|work=Sky News|access-date=29 November 2016}} and transmissions to that effect from the pilots to ATC were overheard by crews of other aircraft and recorded in the control tower.{{Rp|10}}{{cite news|title=Soccer crash survivors treated in Colombia as investigation begins|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-colombia-crash-idUKKBN13O0DA|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161212173416/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-colombia-crash-idUKKBN13O0DA|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 December 2016|access-date=30 November 2016|work=Reuters UK|date=29 November 2016}} Shortly after the crash, the person leading the investigation stated that there was "no evidence of fuel in the aircraft" and the aircraft did not catch fire when it crashed. Analysis of the FDR showed all four engines flamed out a few minutes before the crash.{{Rp|page=9}}{{cite news |url=https://airwaysmag.com/industry/lamia-bolivia-2933-lesson-to-be-learned/ |title=LAMIA Bolivia 2933: Always a Lesson to be Learned |first=Cody |last=Diamond |work=Airways |date=2016-12-08 |access-date=2019-07-25 |archive-date=25 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725182947/https://airwaysmag.com/industry/lamia-bolivia-2933-lesson-to-be-learned/ |url-status=dead }}

The investigation found that LaMia had consistently operated its fleet without the legally required endurance fuel load, and had simply been lucky to avoid any of the delays that the mandated fuel load were meant to allow for. An investigative report by Spanish-language American media company Univision, using data from the Flightradar24 website, claimed that the airline had broken the fuel and loading regulations of the International Civil Aviation Organization on 8 of its 23 previous flights since 22 August, three of which came within a month, including two direct flights from Medellín to Santa Cruz: one on 29 October transporting Chapecoense's final opponent, Atlético Nacional to the away leg of their Copa Sudamericana semifinal, and a flight without passengers on 4 November, and flights involving the Argentina national team to a match for the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers a week later. The report claimed the eight flights would have used at least some of the aircraft's mandatory fuel reserves (a variable fuel quantity to allow for an additional 45 minutes of flying time), concluding the company was accustomed to operating flights at the limit of the RJ85's endurance.{{cite news |last1=Zafra |first1=Mariano |last2=Cooper |first2=Juan |last3=Reyes |first3=Gerardo |date=8 December 2016 |title=Antes de estrellarse, el avión de LaMia forzó la reserva de combustible en otros ocho vuelos |trans-title=Before the crash, the LaMia aircraft breached fuel reserves on eight other flights |url=http://www.univision.com/noticias/accidente-aereo/antes-de-estrellarse-el-avion-de-lamia-forzo-la-reserva-de-combustible-en-otros-ocho-vuelos |access-date=9 December 2016 |website=Univision |publisher=Univision Communications Inc. |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Reyes |first=Gerardo |last2=Ramirez |first2=Penily |last3=Cooper |first3=Juan |date=December 12, 2016 |title=The airline that footballers trusted with their lives |url=https://www.univision.com/univision-news/latin-america/the-airline-that-footballers-trusted-with-their-lives |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=Univision}}{{Cite web |last=Zafra |first=Mariano |last2=Figueroa |first2=Javier |last3=Melgar |first3=Luis |date=December 12, 2016 |title=Interactive: The Chapecoense aircraft crashed because it ran out of fuel while waiting to land |url=https://www.univision.com/univision-news/interactive-the-chapecoense-aircraft-crashed-because-it-ran-out-of-fuel-while-waiting-to-land |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=Univision}}

On 27 April 2018, the investigators, led by Aerocivil, released the final investigative report for the crash of Flight 2933, listing the following causal factors:

• The airline inappropriately planned the flight without considering the necessary amount of fuel that would be needed to fly to an alternate airport, fuel reserves, contingencies, or the required minimum fuel to land;
• The four engines shut down in sequence as a result of fuel exhaustion;
• Poor decision making by LaMia employees "as a result of processes that failed to ensure operational security";
• Poor decision making by the flight crew, who continued the flight on extremely limited fuel despite being aware of the low fuel levels aboard the aircraft and who did not take corrective actions to land the aircraft and refuel.

Additional contributing factors cited by the investigators were:

• Deploying the landing gear early;
• "Latent deficiencies" in the planning and execution of non-regular flights related to the insufficient supply of fuel;
• Specific deficiencies in the planning of the flight by LaMia;
• "Lack of supervision and operational control" by LaMia, which did not supervise the planning of the flight or its execution, nor did it provide advice to the flight crew;
• Failure to request priority or declare an emergency by the flight crew, particularly when fuel exhaustion became imminent; these actions would have allowed air traffic services to provide the necessary attention;
• Failure by the airline to follow the fuel management rules that the Bolivian DGAC had approved in certifying the company;
• CP-2933's late declaration of priority, and further time lost before declaration of fuel emergency, delayed critical time needed to reroute dense traffic already in approach vectors in the Ríonegro VOR area.

The CVR had recorded the pilots discussing their fuel state and possible fuel stops en route,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GXr8zQN6fY |title=Aerocivil presenta informe preliminar del accidente de LAMIA en Antioquia |trans-title=Aerocivil presents preliminary report on the LAMIA accident in Antioquia |language=es |website=Youtube |publisher=Aerocivil Colombia |date=26 December 2016 |access-date=26 December 2016}} but they were so accustomed to operating with minimal fuel that they decided against a fuel stop when ATC happened to assign them an adjustment in their route which saved a few minutes of flight time. For unknown reasons, the CVR stopped recording an hour and forty minutes before the FDR, when the aircraft was still about {{convert|550|nmi|km mi}} away from the crash site at the Rionegro VOR.{{Rp|page=15}} Aviation analyst John Nance and GRIAA investigators Julian Echeverri and Miguel Camacho would later suggest that the most probable explanation is that the flight's captain, who was also a part-owner of LaMia, pulled the circuit breaker on the CVR to prevent a record of the subsequent discussions, knowing that the flight did not have the appropriate fuel load.

The aircraft was estimated to be overloaded by nearly {{convert|400|kg|lb}}.{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/story/plane-carrying-chapecoense-team-ran-out-of-fuel-before-crashing-10708788 |title=Plane carrying Chapecoense team ran out of fuel before crashing |publisher=Sky UK |website=Sky News |date=26 December 2016 |access-date=26 December 2016}}

Due to restrictions imposed by the aircraft not being compliant with reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) regulations, the submitted flight plan, with a nominated cruising flight level (FL) higher than 280 (approximately {{convert|28000|ft}} in altitude), was in violation of protocols. The flight plan, which was filed with AASANA, included a cruising altitude of FL300 (approximately {{convert|30000|ft}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.laprensa.com.bo/diario/actualidad/economia/20161227/colombia-afirma-que-lamia-y-aasana-violaron_83465_146873.html |title=Colombia afirma que LaMia y Aasana violaron protocolos |language=es |trans-title=Colombia finds that LaMia and AASANA violated protocols |date=27 December 2016 |access-date=1 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102083203/http://www.laprensa.com.bo/diario/actualidad/economia/20161227/colombia-afirma-que-lamia-y-aasana-violaron_83465_146873.html |archive-date=2 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=Plan de Vuelo|url=http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/643559lam1.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101230750/http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/643559lam1.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 January 2017|access-date=1 January 2017 |language=es}} The flight plan was sent for review to Colombian and Brazilian authorities as well, in accordance with regional regulations.{{failed verification|date=January 2021}}

A week after the crash, Bolivian police detained the general director of LaMia on various charges, including involuntary manslaughter.{{cite news|title=Lamia Chief Appears in Court after Being Charged with Manslaughter|url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2426800&CategoryId=14919|access-date=10 December 2016|work=Latin American Herald|date=8 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161210162549/http://laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2426800&CategoryId=14919|archive-date=10 December 2016|url-status=live}} His son, who worked for the DGAC, was detained for allegedly using his influence to have the aircraft given an operational clearance. A prosecutor involved with the case told reporters that "the prosecution has collected statements and evidence showing the participation of the accused in the crimes of misusing influence, conduct incompatible with public office and a breach of duties."{{cite news|title=Colombia plane crash: Second Bolivian suspect charged|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38277788|access-date=10 December 2016|work=BBC News|date=10 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161210205906/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38277788|archive-date=10 December 2016}} Not long after, in 2017, Gustavo Vargas Gamboa decided to plead guilty to the prosecutor's office.[https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20170528/423014659534/director-de-lamia-decide-declararse-culpable-por-accidente-aereo-en-colombia.html Director de LaMia decide declararse culpable por accidente aéreo en Colombia] Jan I, 2025 In 2020, due to health restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the case was handled with strict confidentiality. In 2021, the case was finally filed in the Tenth Sentencing Court of the city of Santa Cruz, where it apparently continues[https://eju.tv/2021/04/fiscalia-lleva-a-juicio-oral-solo-a-tres-personas-por-la-tragedia-de-chapecoense/ Fiscalía lleva a juicio oral solo a tres personas por la tragedia de Chapecoense] Jan I, 2025

An arrest warrant was issued for the employee of AASANA in Santa Cruz who had refused to approve Flight 2933's flight plan - it was later approved by another official. She fled the country seeking political asylum in Brazil, claiming that after the crash she had been pressured by her superiors to alter a report she had made before the aircraft took off and that she feared that Bolivia would not give her a fair trial. A warrant was also issued for the arrest of another of LaMia's co-owners, but he still had not been located four weeks after the crash, but she was subsequently arrested five years later.{{Cite web |title=Bolivian official who approved faulty Lamia 2933 flight plan arrested in Brazil |url=https://en.mercopress.com/2021/09/25/bolivian-official-who-approved-faulty-lamia-2933-flight-plan-arrested-in-brazil |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=MercoPress |language=en}}

File:Chapecoense - Bandeiras a meio mastro.jpg flags at half staff at the National Congress Building in Brasília]]

Bolivia's General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC – {{Langx|es|Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil}}) suspended LaMia's air operator's certificate{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38173708|title=Chapecoense air crash: Bolivia suspends LaMia airline|date=1 December 2016|work=BBC News|language=en|access-date=2 December 2016}} and impounded its remaining two RJ85s. The Bolivian government suspended the director of the DGAC and the chief executive of AASANA as well as the director of the DGAC’s National Aeronautics Registry—the son of one of LaMia's owners.{{cite news|last=Uphoff |first=Rainer |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/bolivia-suspends-lamia-bolivias-aoc-432054/ |title=Bolivia suspends LAMIA Bolivia's AOC |website=FlightGlobal |publisher=Reed Business Information |date=2 December 2016 |access-date=5 December 2016}} Bolivia's Defense Minister expressed concern over the possibility of aviation sanctions and downgrades by foreign national aviation authorities, for which consequences may include banning Bolivian carriers from foreign airspace.{{cite news|last1=Flores |first1=Paola |last2=Goodman |first2=Joshua |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/bolivia-minister-country-could-face-us-aviation-downgrade/2016/12/03/1eb318f6-b973-11e6-939c-91749443c5e5_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204052713/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/bolivia-minister-country-could-face-us-aviation-downgrade/2016/12/03/1eb318f6-b973-11e6-939c-91749443c5e5_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 December 2016 |title=Bolivia minister: country could face US aviation downgrade |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=3 December 2016 |access-date=15 December 2016}}{{update inline|reason=Did any such sanctions occur?|date=January 2021}}

Brazilian President Michel Temer declared three days of national mourning and requested that personnel from Brazil's embassy to Colombia in Bogotá be moved to Medellín to better assist the survivors and the families of the victims.{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2016/11/em-nota-temer-lamenta-tragedia-com-time-da-chapecoense-e-oferece-apoio.html|access-date=29 November 2016|title=Temer decreta luto de três dias pela tragédia com time da Chapecoense |date=29 November 2016|trans-title=Temer decrees three days of mourning after the Chapecoense team tragedy |publisher=G1|language=pt}}

File:Arena Condá tem tributo pelas vítimas de voo da Chapecoense 02.jpg, the hometown of Chapecoense]]

File:Minuto de Silencio en Pueblo Nuevo.jpg observed before a football match in San Cristóbal, Venezuela]]

Many South American football teams paid tribute to Chapecoense by changing their playing kits to include Chapecoense's badge or wearing Chapecoense's playing kit or green colours. Matches all over the world also began with a minute of silence.{{cite web |url=http://www.ole.com.ar/futbol-internacional/Arse-solidario_0_1696030556.html |work=Olé |title=Más solidariadad |language=es |trans-title=More solidarity |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=30 November 2016 |archive-date=26 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126061350/https://www.ole.com.ar/futbol-internacional/Arse-solidario_0_1696030556.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.elgrafico.com/2016/12/05/homenaje-en-el-futbol-argentino-para-el-chapecoense |title=Homenaje en el fútbol argentino para el Chapecoense |language=es |trans-title=Tributes for Chapecoense in Argentine football |publisher=Dutriz Hermanos S.A. de C.V |website=Elgrafico.com |date=4 December 2016 |access-date=5 December 2016 |archive-date=6 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206164859/http://www.elgrafico.com/2016/12/05/homenaje-en-el-futbol-argentino-para-el-chapecoense |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/futbol/buena-cara-futbol-uruguayo-homenaje.html |title=La buena cara del fútbol uruguayo: el homenaje a Chapecoense |language=es |trans-title=The good face of Uruguayan football: the homage to Chapecoense |publisher=El Pais S.A. |location=Montevideo |website=Ovación |date=5 December 2016 |access-date=5 December 2016}}{{cite web|last=Sierra |first=Jeimmy Paola |url=http://colombia.as.com/colombia/2016/11/30/futbol/1480540895_014649.html |title=Chapecoense Homenaje: Minuto de silencio en lugar de pitazo inicial |language=es |trans-title=Chapecoense Tribute: Minute of silence before the opening whistle |website=Colombia.as.com |publisher=AS Colombia S.P.A. |date=30 November 2016 |access-date=5 December 2016}}

All activities related to CONMEBOL (the South American Football Confederation) were suspended immediately, including both legs of the Copa Sudamericana final, scheduled for {{nowrap|30 November}} and 7 December,{{cite news|title=Brazil football team Chapecoense in Colombia plane crash |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38140981|access-date=29 November 2016|work=BBC News|date=29 November 2016}} and the second leg of the Copa do Brasil Final.{{cite web |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/copa-do-brasil/noticia/2016/11/final-da-copa-do-brasil-e-adiada-apos-tragedia-com-voo-da-chapecoense.html |title=Final da Copa do Brasil é adiada após tragédia com voo da Chapecoense |trans-title=Copa do Brasil final postponed after Chapecoense flight tragedy |publisher=Globo|date=29 November 2016 |language=pt|access-date=29 November 2016}} Atlético Nacional, Chapecoense's opponents-to-be in the final, asked CONMEBOL to honor Chapecoense by awarding them the Copa Sudamericana title, stating that "for our part, and forever, Chapecoense are champions of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana".{{cite web |url=http://www.ole.com.ar/futbol-internacional/Gesto-grandeza_0_1696030520.html |access-date=29 November 2016 |title=Gesto de grandeza |trans-title=Grand Gesture |publisher=Ole |language=es |archive-date=4 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704214525/https://www.ole.com.ar/futbol-internacional/Gesto-grandeza_0_1696030520.html |url-status=dead }} CONMEBOL officially named Chapecoense the 2016 Copa Sudamericana champions on 5 December.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/copa-sudamericana/story/3012498/chapecoense-officially-awarded-copa-sudamericana-title-by-conmebol |title=Chapecoense officially awarded title of Copa Sudamericana after plane crash |publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |website=ESPN FC |date= 7 December 2016|access-date=2016-12-09}} The Brazilian team received the winner's prize money (US $2 million) and was awarded qualification to the 2017 Copa Libertadores, 2017 Recopa Sudamericana against Atlético Nacional and the 2017 Suruga Bank Championship against J1 League champions Urawa Red Diamonds.{{cite web|url=https://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2016/12/05/conmebol-declara-chapecoense-campea-da-copa-sul-americana-de-2016.htm |title=CONMEBOL outorga o título Copa Sul-Americana 2016 à Chapecoense e reconhece o Atlético Nacional como Campeão Fair Play do Centenário |language=pt |trans-title=CONMEBOL awards the 2016 South American Cup title to Chapecoense and recognizes Atletico Nacional as the Centennial Fair Play Champion |publisher=CONMEBOL |date=5 December 2016 |access-date=5 December 2016}} Atlético Nacional also received the CONMEBOL Centennial Fair Play Award in recognition of its sportsmanship in suggesting that Chapecoense be awarded the title.{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/deportes/futbol/2016/12/5/fair-play-del-atletico-nacional-sera-premiado-con-1-mdd |title=Fair Play del Atlético Nacional será premiado con 1 mdd |language=es |trans-title=Fair Play of Atlético Nacional will be rewarded with one million dollars |website=Eluniversal.com.mx |publisher=El Universal |date=5 December 2016|access-date=5 December 2016}}

FIFA president Gianni Infantino gave a speech at Arena Condá, Chapecoense's stadium, at a public memorial. A committee representing FIFA at the service was composed of former football legends Clarence Seedorf and Carles Puyol; and Real Madrid player Lucas Silva. Infantino gave his speech at the end of the service by saying: "Today we are all Brazilians, we are all Chapecoenses".{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol-internacional/Tragedia-Chapecoense-Gianni-Infantino-FIFA_0_1698430253.html |title=Tragedia de Chapecoense: Gianni Infantino estuvo en el funeral y puso a la FIFA a disposición del club |language=es |trans-title=Chapecoense Tragedy: Gianni Infantino was at the funeral and made FIFA available to the club |location=Buenos Aires |publisher=Clarín Digital |website=Clarin.com |date=3 December 2016 |access-date=5 December 2016}} Nacional were awarded the FIFA Fair Play Award for requesting the Copa Sudamerica title to be awarded to Chapecoense.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/videos/y=2017/m=1/video=fifa-fair-play-award-2016-atletico-nacional-2862971.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118032732/http://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/videos/y=2017/m=1/video=fifa-fair-play-award-2016-atletico-nacional-2862971.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 January 2017 |title=FIFA Fair Play Award 2016 – Atletico National|website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=9 January 2017 |access-date=16 January 2017}}

UEFA officially asked for a minute's silence at all upcoming Champions League and Europa League matches as a mark of respect.{{cite web|last=Labellarte |first=Giuseppe |url=http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/off-the-pitch/chapecoense/champions-league/news/uefa-confirms-minutes-silence-for-chapecoense_286444.html |title=UEFA confirms minute's silence for Chapecoense |publisher=Sports Mole Ltd. |website=Sports Mole |date=1 December 2016 |access-date=5 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://es.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0233-0e95c37d2396-59c4447974dd-1000--mero-tramite-entre-el-barcelona-y-el-gladbach/ |title=UEFA Champions League – Barcelona-Mönchengladbach – Mero trámite entre el Barcelona y el Gladbach |language=es |trans-title=UEFA Champions League – Barcelona-Mönchengladbach – Mere formality between Barcelona and Gladbach |publisher=UEFA |website=UEFA |date=30 November 2016 |access-date=5 December 2016}}

President Aleksander Ceferin said in a statement: "European football is united in expressing its deepest sympathy to Chapecoense, the Brazilian football confederation, CONMEBOL and the families of all the victims following this week's air disaster".{{cite web|url=http://www.zurnal24.si/uefa-minuta-molka-aleksander-ceferin-chapecoense-clanek-281959 |title=Minuta molka za Chapecoense |language=sl |trans-title=Minute of silence for Chapecoense |publisher=Zurnal24 |website=zurnal24.si |date=1 December 2016 |access-date=5 December 2016}}

The Argentine Football Association sent a support letter to Chapecoense offering free loans of players from Argentine clubs.{{cite web|url=http://www.tycsports.com/futbol/la-afa-dispone-la-cesion-de-jugadores-chapecoense|title=La AFA dispone la cesión de jugadores a Chapecoense |language=es |trans-title=The AFA offers the transfer of players to Chapecoense |website=tycsports.com |publisher=Tele Red Imagen S.A. |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=1 December 2016}}

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) encouraged Chapecoense to play its next scheduled Campeonato Brasileiro Série A game against Clube Atlético Mineiro, part of the final round of the tournament, as a tribute to the players.{{cite web|url=http://www.lance.com.br/chapecoense/cbf-insiste-que-chape-cumpra-ultimo-jogo-tem-que-ser-uma-grande-festa.html |title=CBF insiste que Chape cumpra último jogo: 'Tem de ser uma grande festa' |language=pt |trans-title=CBF urges Chape to play last game: 'It has to be a big party' |website=lance.com.br |publisher=Grupo LANCE! |date=20 November 2016 |access-date=1 December 2016}} Both Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro refused to play the match, but they were not fined by the Superior Court of Sports Justice.{{cite web|url=http://espn.uol.com.br/noticia/654912_stjd-nega-multa-para-chapecoense-e-atletico-mg-por-wo |title=STJD nega multa para Chapecoense e Atlético-MG por W.O. |language=pt |trans-title=Superior Court of Sports Justice denies fines for Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro after W.O. |website=espn.uol.com.br |publisher=ESPN |location=Brazil |date=13 December 2016 |access-date=10 April 2017}}

Besides changing their profile pictures on social media to a black version of Chapecoense's badge and issuing messages of solidarity,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/nov/29/chapecoense-fans-gather-stadium-brazil-chapeco-plane-crash-colombia|work=The Guardian|first=Jack|last=Lang|title=Chapecoense fans gather in grief at football club's stadium in Brazil|date=29 November 2016|access-date=29 November 2016}} other Brazilian teams offered to loan the club players for the next year and asked the CBF to exempt Chapecoense from relegation for the next three years.{{cite news|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/noticia/2016/11/clubes-se-unem-para-ajudar-chapecoense-com-jogadores.html |title=Clubes se unem para ajudar Chape com empréstimos de jogadores |language=pt |trans-title=Clubs unite to help Chape by loans of players |website=Globo Esporte |publisher=Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=29 November 2016}}

In Colombia, a four-hour tribute took place at Atlético Nacional's stadium at the time Chapecoense's scheduled match would have kicked off. This was attended by 40,000 spectators with live coverage on Fox Sports and a live stream on YouTube.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/story/watch-atletico-nacionals-touching-live-tribute-to-chapecoense-from-site-of-copa-final-113016|title=Watch Atletico Nacional's touching live tribute to Chapecoense from site of Copa final|first=Alex|last=Dowd|work=foxsports.com|access-date=1 December 2016}}{{cite web|last=Hidalgo |first=Walter Arias |url=http://www.elespectador.com/deportes/futbolinternacional/todos-chapecoense-sentido-tributo-victimas-de-tragedia-articulo-668318 |title=Todos con Chapecoense: sentido tributo a las víctimas de la tragedia |language=es |trans-title=All with Chapecoense: touching tribute to the victims of the tragedy |website=elespectador.com |location=Bogotá |publisher=Comunican S.A. |date=1 December 2016 |access-date=1 December 2016}}

The Uruguayan Football Association declared two days of mourning.{{cite press release |url=http://www.auf.org.uy/Portal/NEWS/10241/ |title=Luto por Chapecoense |language=es |trans-title=Mourning for Chapecoense |publisher=Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=6 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220104729/http://www.auf.org.uy/Portal/NEWS/10241/ |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }} The association's referees wore a Chapecoense badge on their shirts for the 14th matchday of the Uruguayan Primera División.{{cite web|url=http://www.tenfield.com.uy/chapecoense-en-el-recuerdo/ |title=Todos somos Chapecoense |language=es |trans-title=We are all Chapecoense |website=Tenfield.com |publisher=Tenfield S.A. |date=3 December 2016|access-date=6 December 2016}}

Avianca, Colombia's flag carrier and largest airline, provided 44 psychologists to help in the counseling of the families of the victims. The airline, by request of the Colombian and Brazilian governments, also provided logistical support and transportation to Brazilian medical personnel who were involved in the identification of the deceased.{{cite web|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/politica/justicia/accidente-del-avion-que-transportaba-a-jugadores-del-chapecoense/16762143 |title=La aerolínea tuvo que acudir hasta a féretros prestados |language=es |trans-title=The airline even had to resort to borrowed coffins |website=ElTiempo.com |publisher=El Tiempo |date=30 November 2016 |access-date=30 November 2016}} On Twitter, Avianca expressed its regrets over the incident and stated that "our prayers are with the families of the victims".{{cite tweet |user=Avianca |number=803574704401485824|date=29 November 2016 |title=Lamentamos profundamente lo sucedido con el vuelo Lamia 2933 en suelo antioqueño. Nuestras oraciones están con las familias de las víctimas. |trans-title=We deeply regret what happened with the Lamia 2933 flight in Antioquia. Our prayers are with the families of the victims. |language=es|link=no |access-date=14 December 2016}}

LaMia's insurance policy with Bolivian insurer Bisa had lapsed beginning in October 2016 for nonpayment; while said policy did not cover flights to Colombia, which the insurer included as part of a geographical exclusion clause along with several African countries, as well as Peru, Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq.{{cite news|url=http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2017/05/25/exclusiva-el-avion-siniestrado-del-chapecoense-tenia-el-seguro-suspendido-y-no-podia-volar-a-colombia/|work=CNN en Español|date=25 May 2017|first=Francho|last=Barón|title=Exclusiva: El avión del Chapecoense tenía el seguro suspendido y no podía volar a Colombia|language=es|trans-title=Exclusive: Chapecoense plane had suspended insurance and could not fly to Colombia|access-date=25 May 2017}} Nonetheless, the insurers agreed to fund a compensation scheme that would pay US$225,000 to each deceased passenger's family.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tokiomarinekiln.com/responsibility/tmk-statement-regarding-the-lamia-aeroplane-crash/|title=TMK statement regarding the LaMia aeroplane crash|date=15 August 2019|access-date=24 January 2021|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129180607/https://www.tokiomarinekiln.com/responsibility/tmk-statement-regarding-the-lamia-aeroplane-crash/|url-status=dead}}

During an interview, Roberto Canessa, a member of a Uruguayan rugby team that was travelling to a match in 1972 when their aircraft crashed in what became known as the Andes flight disaster, said that he wanted to help the crash survivors.{{Cite news|url=http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/cnnee-cafe-entrevista-roberto-canessa-milagro-de-los-andes/|title=Sobreviviente del 'Milagro de los Andes': "La vida es como viene, no como uno quiere" |trans-title=Survivor of the 'Miracle of the Andes': "Life is as it comes, not how one wants it" |language=es |website=CNN Edición Español |publisher=Cable News Network |date=30 November 2016 |access-date=30 November 2016}}{{update inline|reason=How did he go about doing so?|date=January 2021}}

Spanish club FC Barcelona hosted Chapecoense for a friendly fundraiser on 7 August 2017, in order to help rebuild Chapecoense's team. Barcelona won 5–0. Alan Ruschel, one of the three surviving players, played his first game since the tragedy. He started the game as the captain and he played until the 35th minute, when he was substituted.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40857879|title=Barcelona beat Brazil's Chapecoense 5-0 in emotional friendly|date=7 August 2017|work=BBC}}

In all copies of FIFA 17, players were given the Chapecoense emblem for free to wear for their FIFA Ultimate Team Club.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/fifa-17-players-can-now-9362920|title=Here's how FIFA 17 players can pay their own tribute to the Chapecoense victims|last=Mewis|first=Joe|date=2016-11-30|work=mirror|access-date=2017-08-08}}

The surviving players were Alan Ruschel, Jakson Follmann{{Cite news|url=http://www.diariodepernambuco.com.br/app/noticia/mundo/2016/11/29/interna_mundo,677338/aviao-que-transportava-equipe-da-chapecoense-cai-na-colombia.shtml |title=Avião que transportava equipe da Chapecoense cai na Colômbia |trans-title=Chapecoense team aircraft crashes in Colombia and kills 76 people |language=pt-BR |website=Diário de Pernambuco |publisher=Jornal Diário de Pernambuco |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=29 November 2016}} and Neto. The other survivors were a flight attendant and two passengers.{{Rp|page=12}} One of the surviving passengers, Erwin Tumiri, an employee of a Bolivian company contracted by LaMia to provide maintenance technicians to accompany the aircraft, said that there was no announcement by the pilots that there was an emergency and he thought the aircraft was simply descending prior to the crash.{{cite news |url=http://www.aztecanoticias.com.mx/notas/internacional/267267/sobreviviente-de-avion-accidentado-nunca-supo-lo-que-pasaba |title=Sobreviviente de avión accidentado nunca supo lo que pasaba |trans-title=Survivor of crashed aircraft never knew what was happening |language=es |agency=Associated Press |website=Azteca Noticias |publisher=TV Azteca S.A.B. de C.V. |date=5 December 2016 |access-date=5 December 2016 |archive-date=31 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731111601/http://www.aztecanoticias.com.mx/notas/internacional/267267/sobreviviente-de-avion-accidentado-nunca-supo-lo-que-pasaba |url-status=dead }} Tumiri would later be a survivor of the Colomi bus crash in 2021.{{cite news |title=Sobreviviente de la tragedia del Chapecoense se salva en un accidente en el que murieron 21 personas en Bolivia |trans-title=Survivor of the Chapecoense tragedy is saved in an accident in which 21 people died in Bolivia |language=es |url=https://elcomercio.pe/mundo/latinoamerica/erwin-tumiri-sobrevivio-a-la-tragedia-de-chapecoense-y-ahora-se-salvo-de-un-accidente-en-el-que-murieron-21-personas-en-cochabamba-bolivia-lamia-noticia/?ref=ecr |newspaper=El Comercio |date=2 March 2021 |accessdate=9 September 2023}}

Chapecoense goalkeeper Danilo was initially reported to have survived the crash and to have been taken to a hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-38140929 |title=Trágico accidente cerca de Medellín del avión que transportaba al equipo brasileño Chapecoense deja 76 muertos |trans-title=Tragic crash of aircraft transporting Brazilian team Chapecoense near Medellín leaves 76 dead |language=es |website=BBC World |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=29 November 2016}} However, the San Vicente Fundación hospital from Medellín clarified a few days later that he died in the crash.{{cite news |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/sc/futebol/times/chapecoense/noticia/2016/12/medicos-desmentem-versao-de-que-danilo-teria-sido-levado-hospital.html/ |title=Médicos desmentem versão de que Danilo teria sido levado a hospital |trans-title=Doctors deny the reports that Danilo had been taken to hospital |publisher=G1 |website=Globoesporte |date=3 December 2016 |access-date=28 November 2019 |language=pt |archive-date=5 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205112323/http://globoesporte.globo.com/sc/futebol/times/chapecoense/noticia/2016/12/medicos-desmentem-versao-de-que-danilo-teria-sido-levado-hospital.html |url-status=dead }}

Brazilian radio personality Rafael Henzel, who was a passenger on the flight and the only journalist to survive, later died on 26 March 2019 from a heart attack.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-26 |title=Morre Rafael Henzel, sobrevivente da tragédia com o avião da Chapecoense |trans-title=Rafael Henzel, survivor of the Chapecoense plane tragedy, dies |url=https://www.lance.com.br/futebol-nacional/morre-rafael-henzel-sobrevivente-tragedia-com-aviao-chapecoense.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=www.lance.com.br |language=pt-br}}

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• Ailton Cesar Junior Alves da Silva (Canela), 22
• Dener Assunção Braz (Dener), 25
• Marcelo Augusto Mathias da Silva (Marcelo), 25
• Matheus Bitencourt da Silva (Matheus Biteco), 21
• Mateus Lucena dos Santos (Caramelo), 22
• Guilherme Gimenez de Souza (Gimenez), 21
• Lucas Gomes da Silva (Lucas Gomes), 26
• Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves (Kempes), 34
• Arthur Brasiliano Maia (Arthur Maia), 24
• Ananias Eloi Castro Monteiro (Ananias), 27
• Marcos Danilo Padilha (Danilo), 31{{cite news|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/nov/29/brazilian-team-chapecoense-onboard-plane-that-crashed-over-colombia-latest|title=Colombia plane crash: Fans gather to mourn Chapecoense footballers among 75 killed – as it happened|date=29 November 2016|access-date=29 November 2016|first1=Matthew|last1=Weaver|first2=Bonnie|last2=Malkin}}
• Filipe José Machado (Filipe Machado), 32
• Sérgio Manoel Barbosa Santos (Sérgio Manuel), 27
• José Gildeixon Clemente de Paiva (Gil), 29
• Bruno Rangel Domingues (Bruno Rangel), 34
• Cléber Santana Loureiro (Cléber Santana), 35
• Josimar Rosado da Silva Tavares (Josimar), 30
• William Thiego de Jesus (Thiego), 30
• Tiago da Rocha Vieira Alves (Tiaguinho), 22

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• Luiz Carlos Saroli (Caio Júnior), coach, 51{{cite news|work=NBC News|first1=Jason|last1=Cumming|first2=Laura|last2=Saravia|first3=Alexander|last3=Smith|first4=Kurt|last4=Chirbas|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/plane-carrying-brazils-chapecoense-soccer-team-crashes-colombia-n689416|title=Plane Carrying Brazil's Chapecoense Soccer Team Crashes in Colombia|date=29 November 2016|access-date=29 November 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2016/11/veja-lista-de-quem-estava-no-aviao-da-chapecoense-que-caiu-na-colombia.html |title=Veja lista de passageiros no avião da Chapecoense que caiu na Colômbia |trans-title=See list of passengers of the Chapecoense aircraft that crashed in Colombia |language=pt |publisher=Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A. |website=G1.Globo |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=29 November 2016}}

• Mário Sérgio Pontes de Paiva, Fox Sports commentator, former national team player and manager, 66{{cite news|url=http://esportes.estadao.com.br/noticias/futebol,voo-da-chapecoense-tinha-21-profissionais-de-imprensa-incluindo-mario-sergio,10000091301 |title=Voo da Chapecoense tinha 22 profissionais de imprensa, incluindo Mario Sergio |language=pt |trans-title=Chapecoense flight had 22 media professionals, including Mario Sergio |website=Estadão |publisher=Grupo Estado |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=29 November 2016}}
• Paulo Julio Clement, Fox Sports, 51{{cite news |url=http://www.jb.com.br/esportes/noticias/2016/11/29/alem-da-delegacao-da-chapecoense-20-profissionais-de-imprensa-morreram/ |title=Além da delegação da Chapecoense, 20 profissionais de imprensa morreram |language=pt |trans-title=In addition to the Chapecoense team, 20 media professionals died |website=jb.com |publisher=Jornal do Brasil |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=2 December 2016 |archive-date=15 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315120545/http://www.jb.com.br/esportes/noticias/2016/11/29/alem-da-delegacao-da-chapecoense-20-profissionais-de-imprensa-morreram/ |url-status=dead }}
• Victorino Chermont, Fox Sports, 43

• Delfim de Pádua Peixoto Filho (Delfim Peixoto), Brazilian Football Confederation former vice-president, 75

The United States cable TV network ESPN produced an hour long story about the crash for its E:60 news magazine TV show. The episode focused on how one of the pilots was also a co-owner of the airline company and the effects on the survivors and on family members of the people killed in the accident.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/19444318/the-unthinkable-fate-chapecoense |title=Eternal Champions |first=Sam |last=Borden |work=ESPN |date=2018-11-27 |access-date=2019-07-25}}

The crash of LaMia Flight 2933 was covered in "Football Tragedy", a Season 19 (2019) episode of the internationally syndicated Canadian TV documentary series Mayday (Air Crash Investigation for outside Canada and the United States).{{Cite episode |title=Football Tragedy |series=Mayday |publisher=Cineflix |network=Discovery Channel Canada |season=19 |number=9 |date=2019-03-04}}

The Rooster Teeth podcast Black Box Down reviewed this incident in Episode 109.{{cite episode |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJGQ9hBqnns |title=Charter Flight Carrying Brazilian Football Squad Disappear in the Mountains Outside Medellín |first1=Gustavo |last1=Sorola |first2=Chris |last2=Demarais |series=Black Box Down |number=109 |publisher=Rooster Teeth |date=2023-02-16}}

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• {{cite web |trans-title=Final Report Accident COL-16-37-GIA Fuel exhaustion AVRO 146-RJ85, Registration CP 2933 November 29, 2016 La Unión, Antioquia –Colombia |url=http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/autoridad-de-la-aviacion-civil/investigacion/listado%20de%20accidentes%202016/COL-16-37-GIA%20CP2933.pdf |title=Informe Final Accidente COL-16-37-GIA Agotamiento de combustible AVRO 146-RJ85, Matrícula CP 2933 29 de noviembre de 2016 La Unión, Antioquia –Colombia |language=es |date=27 April 2018 |access-date=15 February 2019 |publisher=Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Group |place=Colombia}} {{in lang|es}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/autoridad-de-la-aviacion-civil/investigacion/listado%20de%20accidentes%202016/Final%20Report%20-%20ACCIDENT%20CP2933%20-%20English%20Version.pdf |access-date=15 February 2019 |title=Final Report Accident COL-16-37-GIA Fuel Exhaustion AVRO 146-RJ85, Reg. CP2933 29 November 2016 Aircraft, La Unión, Antioquia–Colombia}} {{in lang|en}}
• {{cite web |trans-title=Preliminary Report: Investigation COL-16-37-GIA, Fuel Depletion, AVRO 146-RJ85, Registration CP2933, November 29, 2016, La Unión, Antioquia – Colombia |url=http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/autoridad-de-la-aviacion-civil/investigacion/2016/Spanish%20-%20Informe%20Preliminar%20Especial%20CP2933%20V02%20-%20STATES%20REVISION.pdf |title=Informe Preliminar: Investigación COL-16-37-GIA, Agotamiento de combustible, AVRO 146-RJ85, Matrícula CP2933, 29 de Noviembre de 2016, La Unión, Antioquia – Colombia |language=es |publisher=Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Group |place=Colombia |date=22 December 2016 |access-date=28 December 2016}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/autoridad-de-la-aviacion-civil/investigacion/2016/English%20-%20Preliminary%20Report%20CP2933%20V01%20-%20STATES%20REVISION.pdf|title=Preliminary Report Investigation COL-16-37-GIA Fuel Exhaustion Accident on 29, November 2015 [sic] Aircraft AVRO 146-RJ85, Reg.CP2933 La Unión, Antioquia–Colombia|access-date=30 December 2016}} {{in lang|en}}

• {{cite web|author=Correa, Edison Molina|url=https://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/bitstream/ri/26496/1/EDERSON%20MOLINA%20Correa.pdf|title=O CASO DO ACIDENTE AÉREO DA CHAPECOENSE|language=pt|publisher=Bahia Federal University|trans-title=CHAPECOENSE AIRCRAFT CASE|date=2018|access-date=2019-07-23}} (thesis)

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