Originally Posted by
deadheader
Re the planned fuel stop in Cobija:
Was there another/original flight plan filed other than the leaked one?
Did this original flight plan, if it exists, include any alternatives to Cobija?
If they were only 40mins delayed as some reports infer, and Cobija is daylight ops only, does that mean they planned a fuel stop in marginal conditions where any delay would render that stop impossible (clearly too marginal to ensure daylight arrival & departure if 40mins delay scuppered the plan)?
Did they subsequently cancel Cobija refuel option but not plan an alternative en route fuel stop?
Did they ever intend to make such a stop en route?
So many contributors to this thread haven't bothered to read earlier posts, and there is much going around in circles. Re Cobija, the following is from post 15 on this thread: Originally the flight was planned to have a fuel stop at the city of Cobija, on Bolivia's border with Brazil, however the flight's departure was delayed while the crew searched for one of the players' video games.[12] The late departure meant the flight would not arrive at Cobija prior to the airport's closing time. The flight was reportedly supposed to refuel in Bogotá, instead.[11] The distance between Santa Cruz (IATA: VVI) and Medellín (IATA: MDE) airports is 1598 nautical miles (nm).[13] A fuel stop in Cobija (IATA: CIJ) would have broken the flight into two segments: an initial segment of 514nm to Cobija followed by a flight of 1101nm to Medellin, a total of 1615nm.[13] Bogota's airport (IATA: BOG) is 1486nm from Santa Cruz and 116nm from Medellin. ATL-98 gave a list of the crew on board and I asked for the source of this list, which contradicts information earlier in the thread, but have received no reply.