Brazil: 14 dead in Amazon plane crash

At least 14 people were killed when a small plane crashed in Barcelos, an inland city of Amazonas state in northern Brazil

Sao Paulo: At least 14 people were killed when a small plane crashed in Barcelos, an inland city of Amazonas state in northern Brazil, local authorities have said.

“They were all tourists who were going on a fishing trip,” Amazonas governor Wilson Lima told a press conference on Saturday, adding that initial information showed all the tourists were Brazilian, Xinhua news agency reported.

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It was reported that the pilot had trouble finding the runway for landing in Barcelos, a sport fishing destination. The Manaus Aerotaxi airline, owner of the crashed Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante, a Brazilian twin-turboprop light transport aircraft, confirmed the accident in a social media statement.

According to Barcelos mayor Edson Mendes, Civil Defense teams found 14 bodies, which included 12 passengers, the pilot, and the co-pilot.