Flight LMI-2933 which crashed in the Colombian jungle killing 75 people may have run out of fuel, experts say.
The lack of fuel to the engines in turn caused the reported electrical fault initially thought to be responsible for the crash, it is claimed.
Only six survivors were pulled from the wreckage, and one later died in hospital.
The pilot, Miguel ‘Micky’ Quiroga, has been hailed as a hero for dumping fuel out of the plane’s tanks moments before it crashed to earth to prevent it going up in a deadly fireball.
Seventy-six people were killed in what was the deadliest air disaster in the world this year.
José María Córdova International Airport in Rionegro said in a statement that the plane was brought down by electrical faults – which is a common symptom when jet engines are starved of fuel.
A flight attendant also allegedly claimed the plane ran out of fuel.
So lack of fuel to the
engines in turn caused
the plane crash. That’s really bad.