Five dead in twin-engine plane crash in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest
The accident involved a twin-engine King Air aircraft, which was en route from the Pousada Amazonia Fishing Lodge to the city of Rondonopolis.
KATHMANDU: On Thursday, a plane crash in the Amazonian town of Apiacas, located in western Brazil’s Mato Grosso state, claimed the lives of five individuals.
The accident involved a twin-engine King Air aircraft, which was en route from the Pousada Amazonia Fishing Lodge to the city of Rondonopolis.
The plane, designed to carry up to seven passengers, crashed and exploded on impact.
Among the victims were Arni Spiering, an agribusiness owner and former president of the Union Sports Club, along with two of his grandchildren, an employee of his company, and the pilot.
The crash was reported by Brazil’s GloboNews, citing the Militarized Police.
The Brazilian Air Force has dispatched experts from the Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center to Apiacas to determine the cause of the crash.
This incident follows another recent aviation disaster in Brazil, where a Voepass-operated plane crashed in Vinhedo, São Paulo state, just a week earlier, resulting in the deaths of all 62 people aboard.
