A young vet who had just graduated from university has died in a plane crash.
Bruna Emanoely Silva Pereira was invited to fly as a passenger on a family friend’s small plane.
The 23-year-old veterinarian was travelling to see her dad on Father’s Day in Brazil, which took place yesterday (10 Aug).
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The pilot, named as Victor Manoel Britto, 43, also perished in the crash.
The pair set off from Santa Inês in northern Brazil to São Luís about 150 miles away.
The plane went down in the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park on Saturday (9 Aug).
The emergency services found the bodies of the two victims trapped in the wreckage, as reported by Need To Know.
At the crash site, firefighters found two backpacks with clothing and makeup, a mobile phone, a pair of sandals, and a broken pair of glasses.
According to the Brazilian Aircraft Registry (RAB), the EDRA Aeronautica Super Pétrel plane, manufactured in 2012, was correctly registered at the time.
It reportedly belonged to state deputy Francisco Nagib Buzar de Oliveira, son of the current mayor of Codó, Francisco Carlos de Oliveira.
He said on social media: “My family and I are very sad and shaken by the tragic accident involving an aircraft I own, which occurred this Saturday in the municipality of Santo Amaro.
“Unfortunately, the accident resulted in the death of two people.
“I express my deepest condolences to the families of the victims, especially the Britto family, for the irreparable loss of their son, Victor Manoel Britto.
“Manoel was a very close friend.”
According to lawyer Nelyany Araújo, Bruna’s aunt, the young graduate was cheerful, hard-working and liked by everyone.
She added: “She was a young dreamer, a fighter, full of dreams.
“A good, responsible, family-oriented, loving, affectionate girl, loved by everyone.
“A girl full of light and dreams, and she was in a hurry to live.
“We all lived in the same house, she grew up with us, she was like a daughter to us.
“It is an irreparable loss for everyone, we are here just alive, just existing.”
Bruna was laid to rest yesterday afternoon in her hometown of Santa Inês.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
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