The plane, with ten people on board, crashed into a shop in the center of the tourist town of Gramado in southern Brazil. According to authorities, none of the passengers survived.
Eduardo Leite, the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, wrote on the X website that, unfortunately, initial reports indicate that none of the passengers of the plane survived.
At least 15 people were taken to a city hospital, the state said. Most of them suffered from smoke inhalation after the natural disaster.
Airplane crash in GramadoDefesa Civil Nacional/X
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According to authorities, the plane should have hit the chimney of the building first, then the second floor of the apartment building and finally the furniture store.
Airplane crash in Gramado
Gramado is located in a mountainous area that is the most popular tourist destination in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The area was flooded earlier this year by heavy rains that killed more than a hundred people, destroyed infrastructure and devastated the local economy.
The tragedy happened a few days before Christmas, when the city usually hosts Christmas celebrations.
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