Brazil Plane Crashes
A general Thread about Plane Crashes in Brazil. What are the statistics for the number of Plane Crashes in Brazil?
Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was among those killed today in the crash of a small plane in Santos, Brazil, the country's state news outlet Agencia Brasil reported.
The exact number of people killed in the crash wasn't immediately known, but there were no survivors, Agencia Brasil reported.
Campos, 49, was most recently the governor of Pernambuco state, and also had been a federal lawmaker from 1998 to 2003. Ref. CNN
An airplane transporting a Brazilian soccer team to Medellin, Colombia, crashed, officials say
Colombian authorities are responding to a plane crash early Tuesday, according to the Jose Maria Cordova airport's Twitter account and local media reports. The plane was carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members aboard, including the Chapecoense Brazilian soccer team that was expected to Copa Sudamerica finals against Atletico Nacional on Wednesday in Medellin. The airport says there were survivors. Ref. USAToday.