Bolivian authorities Tuesday searched the offices of Bolivian charter airline Lamia, whose sole operational plane crashed last week with most of the Brazilian football team Chapecoense aboard, as well that of an aviation official who reviewed the plane's flight plan, according to dpa. Searches were carried out at the Lamia offices in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in northern Bolivia and at the city's Viru Viru airport, from where Lamia flight 2933 departed November 28 en route to Medellin, Colombia for the final of the Copa Sudamericana. The plane ran out of fuel and crashed into mountains outside Medellin, killing 71. Prosecutor Ivan Quintanilla said investigators were looking into both the airline - including its structure, operations and licensing - and the accident itself. Investigations had so far focused on pilot Miguel Quiroga, a co-owner of Lamia, and his flight plan, which pushed the limits of the airplane's autonomous operation but skipped a refueling stop. The plane's maximum autonomous flight time was 4 hours 22 minutes - the same length as the flight to Medellin, according to reports. Quintanilla said six people were currently under investigation in the case. One of them is flight controller Celia Castedo, who fled Bolivia Tuesday to seek refuge in Brazil, according to media reports. According to Castedo's account, she insisted the Lamia flight plan be changed to include a fuel stop, but was rebuffed. Lamia may have skimped on fuel in the past. On a charter by the Argentine national football team November 11 with football superstar Lionel Messi aboard, the same plane flew 4 hours and 4 minutes without refueling, the Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported.
