Re: Incidente aereo a Medellín.
By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Nov 29th 2016 06:15Z, last updated Tuesday, Nov 29th 2016 06:54Z
A LAMIA Bolivia Avro RJ-85, registration CP-2933 performing flight LMI-2933 from Santa Cruz (Bolivia) to Medellin (Colombia) with 72 passengers and 9 crew, was descending towards Medellin about 15-20nm southeast of Medellin in the area of La Ceja (Colombia) at 22:00L (03:00Z Nov 29th when the aircraft disappeared from radar screens. The Airport of Medellin reported a search was initiated and the crash site has been located, there may be survivors.
In a press release the Airport of Medellin reported further, that the aircraft had declared emergency with Medellin's Control Tower at 22:00L reporting electrical problems.
Colombia's Air Force have deployed search and rescue forces, the crash site located between La Ceja and Medellin is only accessible by land, helicopters can not operate due to low visibility due to fog.
National Police reports 6 survivors.
Colombia's Civil Aviation Authority confirmed flight LMI-2933 arriving from Bolivia crashed in the municipality of El Ceja. CAA staff including the director of the CAA have been dispatched to Medellin's Rio Negro Airport and have established a command post to address the situation.
The last transponder data were received from the aircraft at 03:00Z as the aircraft descended through FL155 about 19nm southeast of Medellin's Rio Negro Airport.
The aircraft was carrying the Brazilian soccer team of Chapecoense to play the finals of Copa Sudamericana 2016 in Medellin. The finals were suspended indefinitely as result of the crash.
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