Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, a billionaire businessman known for his lavish lifestyle, has died in London at the age of 82. His family said in statement that he died peacefully while being treated for Parkinson’s disease. Mr Khashoggi became one of the world’s richest men in the 1970s and ’80s by brokering international arms … Read more
Remember the plane crash in Colombia that killed 71 people last month, including almost all of Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team? Colombia’s aviation authorities asserted on Monday that errors by the pilot, airline and Bolivian regulators are to blame for the disaster. Operated by LaMia, a Bolivia-based charter outfit, the plane crashed near Medellin, on a … Read more
Errors by the pilot, airline and Bolivian regulators are to blame for a plane crash in Colombia that killed 71 people last month, including most of Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team, Colombia aviation authorities said on Monday. The plane, operated by Bolivia-based charter company LaMia, crashed on a wooded hillside near Medellin because the pilot failed … Read more
A Bolivian investigation into a plane crash that killed 71 people last month, including dozens of Brazilian football players, has concluded that the pilot and the airline were directly responsible, an official says. The plane, operated by Bolivian airline LaMia, plunged into a mountainside near the Colombian city Medellin. Only six people survived. An audio … Read more
Tributes have been paid to the Chapecoense players who died in a plane crash in Colombia on the final day of the Brazilian football season. The LaMia plane ran out of fuel and crashed near Medellin, killing 71 people, including most of the team. In stadiums across Brazil, fans from all the top division clubs … Read more
The pilot of a charter plane that crashed in Colombia on Monday had been warned before taking off from an airport in Bolivia that he might not have enough fuel, a report says. An airport official raised the concern after checking the plane’s flight plan, Bolivia’s Deber newspaper said. Seventy-one people died in the crash, … Read more
Colombian authorities say evidence is growing that a plane carrying a Brazilian football team crashed because it ran out of fuel as it tried to land. The plane had no fuel on impact, an official said, corroborating audio of the pilot asking to land because of a fuel shortage and electric failure. The capital Bogota … Read more
Three players, two crew members and one journalist survived, Colombian authorities said. Just before LaMia Flight 2933 crashed into a hillside near Medellin, Colombia, a crew member onboard told air traffic controllers, “The plane is in total electric failure and without fuel,” according to two sources familiar with the investigation who heard audio recordings. The … Read more