Brazil Plane Crash: On Monday, a small airplane which had five occupants crashed in a building killing three people, local officials and firefighters said. The crash and the fire department said in a statement that the pilot and co pilot of an airplane were killed in the crash, and the fire department rescued three passengers in serious conditions and took them to the hospital. It initially reported that four people were on board. Hours later, the Minas Gerais state government said that one of the passengers had died in the hospital, and that the other two were still in the hospital and stable. There were no residents injured or structural damage to the building, the fire department said.
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Brazil Plane Crash: The fire department reported that the plane took off prematurely in the afternoon, at Pampulha Airport, some 8 km (5 miles) west of central Belo Horizonte, and headed towards Sao Paulo. The plane was in the air just a few minutes and crashed into a three story residential building.
🇧🇷 BREAKING: A plane has crashed into a building in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Brazil Plane Crash: The crash has also brought back memories of previous airplane tragedies, with some observers noting how the events of aircraft hitting buildings always remind us of the shock of the events in September 11, 2001. Although on a vastly different scale and cause, such accidents can create a similar feeling of vulnerability, especially in densely populated urban areas where aircraft are flying just above residential areas. In Belo Horizonte, the sight of a plane crashing into a residential building has understandably unsettled residents even though authorities confirmed that there was no major structural damage or additional casualties on the ground.
Brazil Plane Crash: Reminds people of 9/11
Brazil Plane Crash: The analogy to 9/11, however, is more about the visual and emotional appeal of an aircraft crashing into a building; this will not be about any allegation of intention, as law enforcement has indicated that this was an accident, and not an act of intent. Aviation professionals tend to emphasize the fact that such occurrences are extremely unusual and are normally caused by mechanical failure, pilot error or any other unanticipated event. However, tragedies such as this one are a lesson that there should be strict safety measures in place and well established emergency response mechanisms that in this case helped to save a much greater number of lives than would otherwise have been the case.
(With Inputs From Reuters)
