The remains of the plane that crashed in the Amazon no survivors of the 14 people on board
The remains of the plane that crashed in the Amazon: no survivors of the 14 people on board
14 people, all originally from Brazil, lost their lives in a plane crash that occurred in the Brazilian state of Amazonia, in the province of Barcelos, about 400 kilometers from Manaus. Rescue teams worked from the beginning to provide the necessary aid. According to the first information released by the local authorities and collected by the newspaper 'Folha de Sao Paulo', the group was headed from Manaus to Barcelos for a pleasure trip and at the time of the accident there was heavy rain, so much so that two planes they were on the same route shortly before the one that crashed, they had decided to return to Manaus. The airline, Manaus Aerotaxi, confirmed the accident in a statement, explaining that an investigation had already been opened, but did not provide details on the number of injured or dead. The mayor of Barcelos, Edson Mendes, confirmed that there were fourteen people on board the plane, including two crew members, and that there were no survivors. The governor of the state of Amazonas, Wilson Lima, declared that , although initially suspected, there were no Americans among the dead tourists, who were all Brazilian nationals like the two crew members