Who was the Brazilian businessman who died in a plane crash

Who was the Brazilian businessman who died in a plane crash

December 22, 2024 – 17:55

Luiz Claudio Salgueiro Galeazzi was piloting his own small plane, carrying 9 members of his family, and it crashed in the tourist city of Gramado. None of the passengers survived.

This Sunday a small plane crashed in Brazil, more precisely in a commercial area of ​​the tourist city of Gramadoin the state of Rio Grande do Sul. 10 of the passengers died in the accident, among them the businessman Luiz Claudio Salgueiro Galeazzi, owner of the aircraft and who piloted it.

The businessman was partner and general director of Galeazzi & Associados, a company specialized in business recovery and restructuring, founded by his father.

The father of the deceased businessman, Cláudio Galeazzi, was a well-known name in the financial market and responsible for the restructuring of large companies, such as Pão de Açúcar, BRF and Americanas. Luiz’s mother was María Leonor Salgueiro Galeazzi, who also died in a plane crash in 2010. At that time, a twin-engine plane, owned by her son, crashed in Iperó, in the Sorocaba region (SP).

Luiz Cláudio, had a degree in administration from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas and was in charge of Galeazzi & Associados for 23 years.

“My solidarity with the families of the fatal victims of a plane crash in the center of Gramado,” expressed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his X account. “I hope that the injured have a quick recovery,” he added.

Tragedy in Brazil: a small plane crashed in a commercial area and 10 members of a family died

The plane, a Piper Cheyenne 400 turboprop, crashed on Sunday morning “against the chimney of a building, then against the second floor of a house and then fell on a furniture store,” detailed a note from the Ministry of Public Security. of Rio Grande do Sul. The damage “also affected an inn,” he added.

The plane took off from the neighboring municipality of Canela, another tourist destination in Rio Grande do Sul, and fell a few minutes after taking flight. The causes of the accident are still being investigated.

None of the passengers on board the flight survived and 17 other people were injured as a result of the collision, two of them seriously, according to Civil Defense.

Source: Ambito

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