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EXCLUSIVE: Colombian crash plane missed crucial refuelling stop after it took off 20 minutes late because the crew were looking for player's video game.

Club's director of football had mentioned delay caused by lost video game, delay meant plane could not refuel at Cobija, which was by then closed



The plane which crashed in Colombia, wiping out a Brazilian football team, was late taking off because crew had to search for one of the players' lost video games, it was revealed today.

The delayed departure meant a planned refuelling stop in Cobija, on the border between Brazil and Bolivia, was abandoned because the airport did not operate after midnight.

The chartered flight carrying members of top flight club Chapecoense to the final of the Copa Sudamericana then had to wait for a landing slot at Medellin airport and ran out of fuel before it was able to land.



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Investigators say it is 'very suspicious' that the plane did not explode on impact as it smashed into a mountain on its way from Bolivia to the Colombian city of Medellin.

Imagine that... I hope due to this sad event, the fuel agents will operate on a 24hrs daily basis.

The reason for the delay was revealed in a message by the club's director of football, Chinho Di Domenico, who also perished in the crash, posted in a Whatsapp group used by players, just before the plane took off, MailOnline can reveal.

Demerson Costa, a defender and one of seven players who did not travel with the team to Colombia, said the message was the last ever to be posted in the group.

Talking exclusively to MailOnline, he said: 'We all used the group to make jokes, take the mickey out of each other, send funny messages and photos, things that would make us laugh.

'Before the games we'd use it to send messages of support, wish everyone good luck.

On the day the team left everyone was encouraging each other, and those of us who weren't going were telling the others to make us proud.

'The last message that was sent on the group was from Chinho, making fun of the fact one of the players was holding up the flight from Boliva because he had forgotten to take his video game out of his bags before it had been dispatched.

He said the flight had been delayed as they tried to retrieve it.

'It is believed the bag was dispatched at Guarulhos airport in Sao Paulo, where the team took their first flight, and the unnamed player asked staff to find it when they changed planes in Santa Cruz in Bolivia.Demerson, 30, who was not selected for the game in Medellin because he had suffered an injury two weeks earlier, said he later sent a Whatsapp message to his best friend on the team, striker Bruno Rangel.

The 34-year-old, an idol of the club with more goals than any other player in its history, did not survive the crash in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Demerson said: 'I wished him a good journey, and good luck, and that when he arrived for him to call me so I knew they'd arrived safely.

I sent it at 8pm, when the team was already in the air.

'The message never arrived and still hasn't been delivered or seen.

I waited up that night and kept looking to see if the message had arrived.

I remember saying to my wife, "wow, they still haven't arrived, they must have got delayed", and eventually I went to bed.

That's too bad

RIP to d dead

Creamish:
Imagine that... I hope due to this sad event, the fuel agents will operate on a 24hrs daily basis.

I think that Will be corrected now, but they should have done the necessary before taking off.

Explorers:
I think that Will be corrected now, but they should have done the necessary before taking off.

Yes they ought to have ensured a proper and thorough maintenance check was carried out before take-off. Was it the excitement that caused the decision to fly without adequate fuel..knowing fully well they will not be able to refuel before reaching their destination? Why gamble with lives here?

I still dont understand why that plane left the airport..

Eya, Rest In Peace Guys.

Creamish:
Yes they ought to have ensured a proper and thorough maintenance check was carried out before take-off. Was it the excitement that caused the decision to fly without adequate fuel..knowing fully well they will not be able to refuel before reaching their destination? Why gamble with lives here?

I still dont understand why that plane left the airport..

There are trucks/tankers that refuels plane at the airport, i dont understand why.

Explorers:
EXCLUSIVE: Colombian crash plane missed crucial refuelling stop after it took off 20 minutes late because the crew were looking for player's video game.

Club's director of football had mentioned delay caused by lost video game, delay meant plane could not refuel at Cobija, which was by then closed



The plane which crashed in Colombia, wiping out a Brazilian football team, was late taking off because crew had to search for one of the players' lost video games, it was revealed today.

The delayed departure meant a planned refuelling stop in Cobija, on the border between Brazil and Bolivia, was abandoned because the airport did not operate after midnight.

The chartered flight carrying members of top flight club Chapecoense to the final of the Copa Sudamericana then had to wait for a landing slot at Medellin airport and ran out of fuel before it was able to land.

Honestly when i hear things as this am always happy am a Nigerian, i feel proud of Nigeria and its culture.

Imagine if this had happen in Nigeria they would all still be alive, i mean which Airline crew member would stop a flight and be looking for one silly game of less than $1000, Arik or which ? the kind yabbing wey you sef go receive no go allow you talk am, na your team members def go slap you.

Its really sad the idiot killed is team members just because of a game, and why would they even continue to fly when they know they are short of fuel, Oyinbo!

Explorer, u just de diggy diggy about this crashed plane.

Do u want to be a pilot when u grow up

shumuel:
Honestly when i hear things as this am always happy am a Nigerian, i feel proud of Nigeria and its culture.

Imagine if this had happen in Nigeria they would all still be alive, i mean which Airline crew member would stop a flight and be looking for one silly game of less than $1000, Arik or which ? the kind yabbing wey you sef go receive no go allow you talk am, na your team members def go slap you.

Its really sad the idiot killed is team members just because of a game, and why would they even continue to fly when they know they are short of fuel, Oyinbo!

@bolded, calm down. learn to respect the dead. don't go attract curse on yourself because of disrespect for the dead.


which of the surviving team members or the club or those directly affected by the loss of lives, have you seen blaming the guy, or speaking ill of him?

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enoqueen:
Explorer, u just de diggy diggy about this crashed plane.

Do u want to be a pilot when u grow up

Pilot, hmmmm. May be next life sa.

It doesn't matter now whose fault it was, they are gone.

Lessons learnt

- Collect whatever you'll need before boarding

- Never take off without adequate fuel (obviously)

R.I.P

jagugu88li:
It doesn't matter now whose fault it was, they are gone.

Lessons learnt

- Collect whatever you'll need before boarding

- Never take off without adequate fuel (obviously)

R.I.P

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shumuel:
Honestly when i hear things as this am always happy am a Nigerian, i feel proud of Nigeria and its culture.

Imagine if this had happen in Nigeria they would all still be alive, i mean which Airline crew member would stop a flight and be looking for one silly game of less than $1000, Arik or which ? the kind yabbing wey you sef go receive no go allow you talk am, na your team members def go slap you.

Its really sad the idiot killed is team members just because of a game, and why would they even continue to fly when they know they are short of fuel, Oyinbo!

Clap for Yourself.