Small plane crash into residential building kills three in Belo Horizonte
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Updated · Index-Journal · May 5
Small plane crash into residential building kills three in Belo Horizonte
11 articles · Updated · Index-Journal · May 5
The dead included the pilot and co-pilot, while two survivors were injured after Monday's crash in the major Brazilian city, Minas Gerais state fire department said.
Authorities said the aircraft hit a residential building, and the latest report raised the death toll from earlier accounts.
Emergency crews took the injured to hospital as officials continued responding to the crash in one of Brazil's largest urban centres.
With Brazil’s push for aviation modernization, why do urban small plane crashes like Belo Horizonte’s keep happening, and what does the investigation hope to uncover?
Could stricter airspace rules or better technology have prevented this tragic crash, and what changes might be coming for flights over Brazilian cities?