Soccer plane in Colombia crash was running out of fuel: recording

A handout picture provided by the Colombian Civil Aeronautics (Aerocivil) of the two black boxes from the plane that crashed last night near Medellin, Colombia. [Photo/IC]

INVESTIGATING THE CRASH

Investigators from Brazil have joined Colombian counterparts to check two black boxes from the crash site on a muddy hillside in wooded highlands near the town of La Union.

Bolivia, where LAMIA is based, and the United Kingdom also sent experts to help the probe.

The plane "came over my house, but there was no noise," said Nancy Munoz, 35, who grows strawberries in the area. "The engine must have gone."

Some have questioned why Chapecoense used the charter company instead of a commercial airline and why the plane did not have enough fuel for the roughly five-hour flight.

The club's vice president, Luiz Antonio Palaoro, said LAMIA had a track-record of transporting soccer teams around South America and it had used the airline previously.

"We are dealing with the humanitarian aspect of the families and the victims," Palaoro told reporters in Chapeco. "After that, we are going to have to think about restructuring the team and also in the appropriate legal measures."

Rescuers have recovered all of the bodies, which are to be sent to Brazil and Bolivia.

All of the crew members were Bolivian.

Forty-five of the bodies have been identified, Colombian officials said.