At least 10 are killed as a small plane crashes into a Brazilian town popular with tourists – National

A small airplane crashed right into a Brazilian city that’s fashionable with tourists on Sunday, killing all 10 passengers on board and injuring greater than a dozen individuals on the bottom, Brazil’s Civil Protection Company mentioned.

The company in a put up on X mentioned the airplane hit the chimney of a house after which the second ground of a constructing earlier than crashing right into a cell phone store in a largely residential neighborhood of Gramado. Greater than a dozen individuals who have been on the bottom have been taken to hospitals with accidents together with smoke inhalation, with two mentioned to be in vital situation.

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It isn’t instantly clear what brought on the crash.

Native media reported that the airplane was piloted by Luiz Claudio Galeazzi, a Brazilian businessman who was travelling together with his household to Sao Paulo State. In an announcement printed on LinkedIn, Galeazzi’s firm, Galeazzi & Associados, confirmed that the 61-year-old was on the airplane, including that he was touring together with his spouse, their three daughters, a number of different relations and one other firm worker, who perished within the crash.

“On this second of intense ache we’re deeply grateful with the manifestations of solidarity and love that we’ve got acquired from associates, colleagues and the neighborhood” the assertion reads. “We additionally specific our solidairity with those that have been affected by this accident within the area.”

Safety cameras filmed the small Piper airplane departing from Canela airport in Rio Grande do Sul State, minutes earlier than it crashed in Gramado, which is about 10km from the airport.

Gramado is within the Serra Gaucha mountains and fashionable with Brazilian vacationers who benefit from the cool climate, climbing spots and conventional structure. The city was settled by massive numbers of German and Italian immigrants within the nineteenth century and is a well-liked spot for Christmas holidays.