A small aircraft crashed right into a Brazilian city fashionable with vacationers on Sunday, killing all 10 passengers on board and injuring greater than a dozen folks on the bottom, Brazil’s Civil Protection Company mentioned.
In a publish on X, the company mentioned the aircraft hit the chimney of a house after which the second flooring of a close-by constructing earlier than crashing right into a cell phone store in a largely residential neighbourhood of Gramado. Greater than a dozen individuals who have been on the bottom have been taken to hospital with accidents together with smoke inhalation. Two have been mentioned to be in crucial situation.
It’s not instantly clear what precipitated the crash. Native media reported that the aircraft was piloted by Luiz Claudio Galeazzi, a Brazilian businessman travelling together with his household to São Paulo. In an announcement revealed on LinkedIn, Galeazzi’s firm, Galeazzi & Associados, confirmed that the 61-year-old was on the aircraft, including that he was travelling together with his spouse, their three daughters, a number of different relations and one other firm worker, who all died within the crash.
“On this second of intense ache we’re deeply grateful [for] the manifestations of solidarity and love that we have now obtained from pals, colleagues and the group,” the assertion mentioned. “We additionally specific our solidarity with those that have been affected by this accident within the area.”
Safety cameras filmed the small Piper aircraft departing from Canela airport in Rio Grande do Sul, minutes earlier than it crashed in Gramado, about 6 miles (10km) from the airport.
Gramado is situated within the Serra Gaúcha mountains and is fashionable with Brazilian vacationers who benefit from the cool climate, mountain climbing spots and conventional structure. The city was settled by giant numbers of German and Italian immigrants within the nineteenth century and is a well-liked vacation spot for Christmas holidays.
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