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Old 30th Nov 2016, 12:16
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The Viva Colombia flight from Bogota to San Andres diverted to Medellin due to 'an indication in the cabin' (warning?) that caused the captain to decide to make a precautionary landing in Medellin. "It is important to clarify that the aircraft did not declare an emergency and followed all the procedures authorised, approved and indicated by the control tower"

Rionegro, noviembre 29 de 2016. En la noche de ayer, 28 de noviembre de 2016, el vuelo FC8170 que cubría la ruta Bogotá-San Andrés, despegó del aeropuerto El Dorado a las 8:27 de la noche y se desvió al Aeropuerto José María Córdova de Rionegro por una indicación en cabina que causó que el Capitán de la aeronave, como medida preventiva, tomara la decisión de aterrizar en Rionegro. Es importante aclarar que la aeronave no se declaró en emergencia y se llevaron a cabo los procedimientos autorizados, aprobados e indicados por la torre de control
I have not seen this mentioned above: The football club had chartered LAMIA to fly them directly from Brasil to Medellin, but the Brazilian CAA prohibited the flight, because the rules require that charter flights are done by companies registered in either the country of departure or arrival. So the team flew to Santa Cruz in Bolivia by scheduled airliner and boarded the Bolivian charter there.
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