On the night of November 28 , 2016 at approximately 10:33 pm ( Bogotá time ) , LaMia Flight 2933 , which carried 77 passengers mostly composed of Brazilian football squad Chapecoense , departed Santa Cruz de la Sierra ( Bolivia ) heading towards Medellín ( Colombia ) when the aircraft crashed in the countryside just outside La Unión in Antioquía department . Out of the 77 passengers , 71 were officially confirmed dead . Miguel Quiroga , one of the flight crew of the downed aircraft , was also a part owner of the airline . The crash exposed gaps in safety at the airline . LaMia did not meet IATA regulations that would have permitted it to handle the aftermath of the crash ; instead , the airline had to borrow 100 coffins , requiring Avianca , the Colombian flag carrier , and the Colombian and Brazilian governments to step in and pick up the slack . The Bolivian government proceeded to suspend LaMia 's license on December 1
LaMia Flight 2933
LaMia Flight 2933
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