Household of 10 die in Brazil airplane crash

Ten members of a household have been killed early Sunday when their small airplane crashed in a industrial space within the southern Brazilian metropolis of Gramado, civil protection authorities stated.

Officers had beforehand stated the loss of life toll was 9.

Police confirmed to Agence France-Presse that the airplane, a Piper Cheyenne 400, was piloted by a businessman named Luiz Claudio Salguero Galeazzi, and all of the passengers have been members of his household.

The Rio Grande do Sul State Safety Secretariat stated in an announcement that the airplane crashed shortly after taking off from the close by metropolis of Canela, and hit the chimney of a constructing after which a home earlier than falling right into a furnishings retailer.

She added that one of many hostels was additionally broken.

“There are not any survivors from the airplane,” Cleber dos Santos Lima of the state’s civil police informed AFP.

Not less than 17 folks have been injured on the bottom, two of them in critical situation, whereas a number of others have been handled for smoke inhalation.

The reason for the accident is presently being investigated.

Gramado is a well-liked vacationer metropolis in Brazil, with a big inflow of tourists in the course of the Christmas season.

Final August, Brazil suffered its worst air tragedy in 17 years, when a twin-engine airplane with 62 folks on board crashed within the metropolis of Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state. There have been no survivors.

In one of many worst visitors accidents within the nation in years, 41 folks have been killed in a bus accident on Saturday within the southeastern state of Minas Gerais.

Agence France-Presse

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