Plane crashes in Colombia because it ran out of fuel.

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A plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team ran out of fuel before landing in Medellín on November 28. It crashed into a mountain killing 71* out of 77** people on board. It was flying from Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

No fuel crash in Colombia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaMia_Airl...light_2933

This is highly unusual for a plane to run out of fuel. I am very interested to follow this investigation to learn what factor(s) was/were responsible for such an occurrence. Apparently the range of the aircraft was 1600 nautical miles, and it was flying 1605. That's close, but it should still be in range.




There was also the fact that it wasn't given landing priority (another plane was prioritized over this one) and that ended up wasting minutes that could have actually saved this plane. Which is the most dramatic aspect of this whole situation.


* One person died in the hospital.
** Four people didn't board, but I'm not sure whether this is included in this count or not.