Ten people were killed and a dozen were injured when a small plane crashed in the Brazilian tourist town of Gramado on Sunday. All 10 passengers and crew on board the plane were killed and more than a dozen people on the ground were injured, according to Brazil’s civil protection agency.
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Plane crash in Gramado city of southern Brazil
Ten members of a family were killed early Sunday morning when their small plane crashed into a commercial district in the southern Brazilian city of Gramado, civil protection officials said. Officials had previously put the death toll at nine.Police confirmed to AFP that the plane, a Piper Cheyenne 400 turboprop, was flown by a businessman named Luiz Claudio Salguero Galeazzi, and the passengers were all members of his family.The Rio Grande do Sul state security secretariat said in a statement that the plane crashed shortly after taking off from the nearby town of Canela, hitting the chimney of a building and then hitting a house and a furniture store.It said an inn was also damaged.
How did the whole accident happen?
“There are no survivors on the plane,” Kleber dos Santos Lima of the state civil police told AFP.At least 17 people on the ground were injured, two of whom were in serious condition, while several others were treated for smoke inhalation.
Brazil’s civil protection agency said in a post onThe plane hit the chimney of a house and then the second floor of a building and then crashed into a mobile phone shop in the largely residential area of โโGramado.More than a dozen people on the ground were taken to hospital with smoke-related injuries, two of whom were reported to be in critical condition.It was not immediately clear what caused the accident.
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An X user @O_patriota2 wroteโMy city is in mourning, after everything we went through in Gramado and were trying to get back on our feet, this tragedy has struck. The plane with registration PR-NDN that crashed on Av. Central in Gramado, It shocked the entire city, there were 9 people on board. May God console the families for this irreparable loss.
Local media reported that the passengers were members of a family and were traveling to Sao Paulo state from another city in Rio Grande do Sul state.Gramado is in the Serra Gaucha mountains and is popular with Brazilian tourists who enjoy the cool weather, hiking trails, and traditional architecture. The city was settled by large numbers of German and Italian immigrants in the 19th century and is a popular destination for the Christmas holidays.
The moment of the plane crashing in Gramado ๐ญ pic.twitter.com/HGEQguq6r2
โ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ (@Guvasc01) December 22, 2024
My city is in mourning, after everything we went through in Gramado and trying to get back on its feet, this tragedy comes again
The plane with registration number PR-NDN that crashed on Av. central station in Gramado left the city in shock, carrying 9 people
May God comfort the families for this irreparable loss. pic.twitter.com/O6ixZMv67O
โ The Patriot – ๐ง๐ท๐ง๐ท๐บ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ท (@O_patriota2) December 22, 2024
