Survivors of Colombia plane crash reveal terrifying final moments as doomed jet plummeted to the ground killing 71

Passengers onboard a plane which crashed in the Colombian mountains screamed for their lives as the jet plummeted to the ground, survivors have told.

LaMia Flight 2933 plunged into mountains just 30km from its final destination of Medellin airport yesterday.

A total of 71 people - including the vast majority of the Chapecoense football team - were killed in the crash.

Just six people survived and today some of them have been speaking for the first time about the moments before impact.

Crew member Erwin Tumiri told how passengers were left terrified as the plane began to plummet to the ground.

He said: "I saved myself because I followed the emergency protocol, putting bags between my legs and put myself in the fetal position.

"I also saw how many passengers rose and began to scream."

Air stewardess Ximena Suarez, who was found hours after the crash near the wreckage, also described the horrifying moment the plane crashed to the ground.

Speaking to newspaper El Colombiano, she said: "The plane went out completely and had a sharp decline, followed by a big impact.”

Seventy-one of those board - including players from Chapecoense FC and twenty journalists - were killed.



- Mirror