Brazil: Single-Engine Plane Crashes into Apartment Building in Belo Horizonte

A single-engine plane crashed into a three-story building in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, resulting in at least two fatalities and three injuries. The aircraft, an Embraer EMB-721C, crashed into an apartment building in the densely populated Silveira neighborhood.

According to the fire department, the two pilots were killed, while the three passengers were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. None of the building's residents were injured, and there is no risk of the building collapsing.

TV Globo broadcasted video footage showing the plane losing altitude and crashing. A fire department official stated that the plane crashed into the stairwell and not into an apartment.

According to reports, the pilot had reported a mechanical failure to the control tower at Pampulha Airport, from where the plane had taken off.

Source: AΠΕ