Bolivia Detains LaMia CEO After Colombia Crash

Bolivia has detained the chief executive of the LaMia airline whose plane crashed last week in Columbia killing 71 people.

CEO Gustavo Vargas and two others were detained in Santa Cruz for questioning over the crash.

Bolivia suspended LaMia’s operating license last week after the fatal crash of the BAe 146/Avro RJ85 carrying the Brazilian Chapecoense football team on its way to Colombia for a Copa Sudamericana match against Atlético Nacional.

A tape of the cockpit conversation with air traffic control appears to suggest that the aircraft had suffered a total electrical failure after running out of fuel.