A small aircraft crashed right into a Brazilian city that is fashionable with vacationers on Sunday, killing all 10 passengers on board and injuring greater than a dozen individuals on the bottom, Brazil’s Civil Protection Company mentioned.
The company in a publish on X mentioned the aircraft hit the chimney of a house after which the second flooring of a constructing earlier than crashing right into a cell phone store in a largely residential neighborhood of Gramado. Greater than a dozen individuals who have been on the bottom have been taken to hospitals with accidents together with smoke inhalation, with two mentioned to be in important situation.
It’s not instantly clear what triggered the crash.
Native media reported that the aircraft was piloted by Luiz Claudio Galeazzi, a Brazilian businessman who was travelling along with his household to Sao Paulo State. In an announcement printed on LinkedIn, Galeazzi’s firm, Galeazzi & Associados, confirmed that the 61-year-old was on the aircraft, including that he was touring along with his spouse, their three daughters, a number of different members of the family and one other firm worker, who perished within the crash.
“On this second of intense ache we’re deeply grateful with the manifestations of solidarity and love that we’ve got acquired from pals, colleagues and the neighborhood” the assertion reads. “We additionally specific our solidairity 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 State, minutes earlier than it crashed in Gramado, which is about 10km from the airport.
Gramado is within the Serra Gaucha mountains and fashionable with Brazilian vacationers who benefit from the cool climate, climbing spots and conventional structure. The city was settled by massive numbers of German and Italian immigrants within the nineteenth century and is a well-liked spot for Christmas holidays.
