Chapeco is a town in Southern Brazil near the border with Paraguay. Their soccer club Chapecoense, were the Leicester of Brazil. They were flying into Medellin for a Coppa Libertadoes (South America's Champions League) for a match against a local Colombian club. The plane crashed near the city killing the entire club except for one survivor. Three others remained in Chapeco on injured reserve. Speculation has it that the crash was caused by fuel starvation resulting from an electrical short.
That begs the question: What the hell were they doing flying through the Amazon Basin!?
Although it would have taken longer, it would have been far safer to fly due west, then turn north through the leeward side of the Andes. The Amazon Basin is a notorious aircraft graveyard. It's one of the stormiest areas in the entire world with frequent lightning storms. Is it possible that the ionic turbulence they were flying above caused the short?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/29/colombia-plane-carrying-brazil-football-team-crashes-latest/
That begs the question: What the hell were they doing flying through the Amazon Basin!?
Although it would have taken longer, it would have been far safer to fly due west, then turn north through the leeward side of the Andes. The Amazon Basin is a notorious aircraft graveyard. It's one of the stormiest areas in the entire world with frequent lightning storms. Is it possible that the ionic turbulence they were flying above caused the short?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/29/colombia-plane-carrying-brazil-football-team-crashes-latest/