A plane has crashed in a jungle after disappearing from radar, killing both people onboard.
The bodies of pilot, Geraldo de Assis Lima, and the plane’s owner, Antônio Augusto Castro, 52, were found just outside the wreckage
The pilot made contact with air traffic control at around 5.40pm on Monday (3 Jun) to request that they land at the nearest airport.
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Minutes later, the plane disappeared from the radar and all communication was lost.
The wreckage was found in the jungle the following morning.
The private plane took off from Governador Valadares, northeast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, bound for Florianópolis, southwest of São Paulo.
Before crashing, the pilot asked the aviation authorities if they could land in Joinville in Santa Catarina, about 115 miles from their intended destination.
Authorisation was granted for a 6pm landing, however, communication was lost minutes later.
Santa Catarina Fire Department spokesperson, Captain Ricardo Alberto Dummel, said: “For an unknown reason, the aircraft was going to land at Joinville airport, where it ended up crashing near the town of Barrancos.”
Teams from the Fire Department and the Brazilian Air Force began searching for the aircraft and passengers at dawn following the crash
To reach the crash site, the authorities had to beat a trail through the jungle to reach the remote __cpLocation.
Scientific Police officers inspected the wreckage and arranged for the removal of the two bodies, as reported by Need To Know.
The National Civil Aviation Agency said the plane was a Beechcraft Baron B55 twin-engine aircraft registered as PS-BDW with a maximum capacity of six passengers.
Castro and his business partner reportedly bought the plane less than a month before the crash.
An investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.
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