The probe was launched after the tragic crash in the Colombian mountains in November 2016, which claimed the lives of 71 people, including all but a handful of players from the Chapecoense team, from southern Brazil. “We could say that the accident was caused by the depletion of the plane’s fuel as a result of inappropriate risk management by the LaMia company that, specifically for this flight, did not foresee the minimum amount of fuel necessary for an international flight,” Miguel Camacho, Colombia’s civil aeronautics chief, said in remarks at the press conference, according to Reuters. On Friday, Colombian officials provided further details on the flight's last minutes, saying crew members failed to tell controllers that their plane was low on fuel.
Colombian investigators release their final report on the 2016 disaster, which killed 71 including most of the Associação Chapecoense de Futebol team. The report blames mismanagement leading to fuel exhaustion, noting the aircraft departed without adequate fuel.