LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 was a flight operated by LaMia that crashed near the city of Medellín in Colombia. The airplane was carrying players from the Chapecoense football team. The airplane had an aircraft registration of CP-2933.[1] The airplane crashed on 28 November 2016, at around 22:00 local time. The crash killed 71 people.[2] Seven people originally survived the crash. However, one of the survivors, a goalkeeper known as Danilo, died a few hours after the plane crashed.[3] The three Chapecoense players that survived were Alan Ruschel,[4] Jakson Follmann,[5] and Neto.[6]

LaMia Flight 2933

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
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
It crashed on November 28, 2016 at approximately 21:58 (UTC-5: 00). Among the passengers were players from the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, who were on their way to play the 2016 Copa Sudamericana final against Atlético Nacional. Six people survived the accident. The Colombian Civil Aeronautics Special Administrative Unit investigated the accident with the support of the British Air Accidents Investigation Branch.