A pilot and car driver miraculously survived after the former crashed his small plane into the roadside a few yards from moving cars.
Footage of the aftermath shows the light aircraft nose down amid thick vegetation.
The plane flattened trees when it came crashing down, luckily missing overhead cables and moving vehicles by a whisker.
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Witnesses reportedly told officers they’d seen the occupants scrambling into a pickup truck.
It’s not clear how many people there were, nor where their plane was going.
Police officers and firefighters were dispatched to the scene near Presidente Figueiredo, north of Manaus, Brazil yesterday (9 October) afternoon.
But, when they arrived, they found the aircraft abandoned, as reported by Need To Know.
The police believe it took off from somewhere in Roraima state, as a bottle of water from a brand sold there was found inside.
Suspicions were raised that the aircraft could have been used for drug trafficking or for activities related to illegal mining.
However, “nothing illegal was found in the plane”, according to the Federal Highway Police.
At the time of reporting, the wreckage was in the process of being removed from the highway.
The case remains under investigation.
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