A businessman and his grandchildren are among five dead in a second Brazilian plane crash.
The twin-engine plane exploded when it came down in dense forest on Thursday (15 Aug) morning.
According to the Brazilian Aircraft Registry, the eight-seater Cessna 210 was built in 2010 and was in fine condition.
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It crashed as its owner, his grandchildren and a colleague were returning from a three-day-long fishing holiday in Apiacás, Mato Grosso State.
Search and rescue teams were dispatched to the area immediately after the aircraft dropped off the radar.
After hours of searching, they found the wreckage and no survivors.
The news comes one week after a plane crashed in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, killing all 62 people on board.
Horror footage taken at the scene in rural Apiacás shows the destroyed plane still in flames.
The deceased family members have been named as Arni Alberto Spiering, João Marcos Trojan Spiering, and Arni Alberto Spiering Benez.
The other victims were business manager Ademar de Oliveira de Júnior and pilot Helder de Souza.
At the time of reporting, forensic scientists had spotted two charred bodies.
It’s still not known what caused the plane to crash, but Cenipa – Brazil’s air accident agency – is investigating.
Experts say adverse weather conditions in the area may have been a contributing factor, and technical failure has not been ruled out.
Arni Alberto Spiering, 70, owned a seed and fuel company in Rondonópolis.
He was also the president of local football club União Esporte Clube, as reported by Need To Know.
His grandchildren were cousins.
Ademar was an agronomist from Presidente Prudente and worked for Arni Alberto Spiering’s company.
Helder was 44.
The victims will be laid to rest in their hometowns over the coming days, local media reports.
On 9 August, a twin-engine turboprop was flying from Cascavel in the southern state of Paraná to Guarulhos airport in São Paulo city when it came down in the town of Vinhedo.
Footage circulating on social media shows a plane descending vertically, spiralling as it falls.
After initial uncertainty over the number of people on board, VoePass confirmed that the ATR 72-500 was carrying 58 passengers and four crew. There were no survivors.
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