Black box of the crashed Lamia Airlines BAe Systems Avro RJ 85 aircraft carrying Brazilian soccer team has been recovered from the cra...
Black box of the crashed Lamia Airlines BAe Systems Avro RJ 85 aircraft carrying Brazilian soccer team has been recovered from the crash site.
The Flight Data Recorder and the Cockpit Voice Recorder were found to be in good condition.
The Flight 2933 was a charter flight from Santa Cruz in Bolivia to Medellin in Colombia, operated on evening of 28 November.
It crashed approximately 17 km south of Jose MarÃa Cordova International Airport, Medellin, Colombia, on a flight from Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
The pilot of the doomed jet had declared an emergency at about 22:00 due to “electrical faults”, according to Medellin airport.
Flightradar24 data shows the aircraft in a circular flight path before crashing. The last ADS-B message received by Flightradar24 was at 02:55 UTC from 5.848078,-75.388847, at an altitude of 15,500 feet AMSL, approximately 33 kilometers south of MedellÃn Airport.
The aircraft broke apart on impact with terrain in the mountainous region. Colombian civil aviation authority Aerocivil said the wreckage was spread within a radius of 500 meter.
Six of the 77 passengers on board the aircraft survived the crash, including three soccer players, two crew members and a journalist.
UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) and BAE Systems (the aircraft manufacturer) will assist in post crash investigation led by Colombian Accident Investigation Authority.
The aircraft with registration CP-2933 (Bolivia), was built in 1999 andflew first for Mesaba Airlines in the United States before flying for CityJet in Europe until 2010.
After some storage, the aircraft entered service in South America in 2013.
Powered by four Honeywell LF507 turbofan engines, RJ 85 was a short haul regional airliner produced from 1983 to 2002 in United Kingdom.
It had a high-wing cantilever monoplane with a T-tail and has four turbofan engines mounted on pylons underneath the wings.
The aircraft was known for its quiet operation. Instead of thrust reversers, it features a large airbrake with two petals below the tail rudder at the rear of the fuselage, which has the advantage of being usable during flight and allowing for steep descent rates if required.
Due to its deep descent and low noise features, for several years the Avro Rj series was the only conventional jet aircraft capable of flying from London City Airport.
