Here's what we know -- and don't know -- about flight LMI 2933, which crashed into the Colombian mountains Monday night with a Brazilian football team on board, killing 71 people. Six people survived.
What happened?
The charter flight from the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz reported "electrical failures" around 10:00 pm Monday (0300 GMT Tuesday).
Soon after, the plane crashed just short of its destination, the Medellin international airport in northwestern Colombia.
The plane broke apart on impact in the
remote mountains of Cerro Gordo, leaving the shattered white fuselage
plastered on a hillside.
The plane's two black boxes have been found. Officials did not immediately say how long it would take to analyze their contents.
The mountainous terrain is very difficult to access, a local official said.
Rescuers had to hike for more than half an hour to reach the site.
How many died?
Colombia's disaster management agency said 71 people were killed.
It
lowered an initial death toll of 75 given by the civil aviation
authority after it emerged that four people on the passenger manifest
had not in fact boarded the plane.
Six people survived: three players, two crew members and a journalist.
The survivors are being treated in hospital.
The regional governor, Luis Perez, said it was a "miracle" they survived.
Who were the victims?
The plane was carrying club team Chapecoense Real to the first game of a two-leg final to decide the Copa Sudamericana, South America's second-biggest club tournament.
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