The bodies of a missing pilot and his passenger were found on Christmas Day in the wreckage of a horrific plane crash.
Authorities had been searching for Rodrigo Boer Machado, 29, for five days after he took off on a routine flight on 20 December.
Alarms were raised on 21 December when the Cessna aircraft, registration PT-JCZ, did not present a flight plan or appear on air traffic control’s radar.
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A video shows horrific scenes at the crash site located in a deeply-wooded area of the Amazon rainforest.
The 29-year-old had told his family that he had been hired to fly from Porto Velho to Manaus.
Machado was accompanied on the hour and a half flight across Brazil by a 27-year-old passenger named Breno Braga Leite.
The last GPS location for the plane was over the southeast region of Manicoré.
Search parties spent several days trying to find the pair, as well as the plane until finally discovering the wreckage on Christmas Day.
The search was conducted by the FAB with help from the civil police, military police, fire department and sniffer dogs.
The location of the plane crash was difficult to access due to the rainforest.
Both victims are believed to have died due to injuries sustained in the crash.
Machado’s family travelled to Amazonas from São José do Rio Preto to retrieve his body.
He will be buried in São Paulo, as reported by Need To Know.
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