I'm still waiting to hear the details of the F/O. Rank & experience. The CVR could be mind blowing, either way. Much screaming/pleading from RHS or silence.
Lt. Colonel Ovar Goytia graduated from the College of Military Aviation in 1993. From 2004 to 2010 he was employed as a pilot by TAM, the transport wing of the Bolivian airforce, which operates as a domestic airline
Bienvenido a TAM | TAM
It was he who was in contact with the controller at Medellin.