Businessman Luiz Claudio Salgueiro Galeazzi and nine other family members were traveling on the aircraft. There are also 17 injured in the crash, two of them seriously.
Tragedy was once again present in Brazilwhen 10 people from the same family died this Sunday when a small plane crashed in a commercial area of the tourist city of Gramadoin the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The victims are the businessman Luiz Claudio Salgueiro Galeazzifrom the state of San Pablo and nine other relatives of his who were traveling on the aircraft, the Civil Police confirmed to the press.
The pilot of the flight was the businessman himself and there were no survivors. Meanwhile, another 17 people were injured as a result of the collision, two of them seriously, according to Civil Defense.
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.
Gramado is a popular tourist city in Brazil, located 100 kilometers north of the state capital, Porto Alegre.in a region of mountains, with a significant influx of visitors at Christmas time.
“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.
Last August, Brazil had already suffered its worst air tragedy in 17 years, when a twin-engine plane with 62 people on board crashed in a residential area of the town of Vinhedo, Sao Paulo, with no survivors.
This Sunday’s tragedy in Gramado is the second serious accident that the South American country has suffered on the same weekend, after 41 people died on Saturday in a bus accident in Minas Gerais (southeast).
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