(VOVworld) - Colombian authorities said the charter plane that crashed outside Medellín carrying a Brazilian soccer team ran out of fuel as it tried to complete the long flight from Bolivia to Colombia.

The site of the plane crash (Photo: Getty Image)

Freddy Bonilla, Colombia’s secretary of air security told reporters on Wednesday that the plane, owned by the small, Bolivia-based LaMia airlines, had been in violation of international and local regulations that require planes to carry reserve fuel between airports. He said an investigation is underway to find the reason why the crew, and the offices of the airline, allowed the plane to have an insufficient amount of fuel. Freddy Bonilla said regulations stipulated that aircraft must have 30 minutes of fuel in reserve to reach an alternative airport in an emergency, but "in this case the plane did not have it.”