The single-engine Cessna Caravan crashed near the Rio Branco airport...
Digital Desk: As many as twelve people including a baby died in a small plane crash in the Brazilian Amazon on Sunday, officials said.
Shortly after departure, the single-engine Cessna Caravan crashed near the Rio Branco airport, according to a statement from the Acre administration in the northwest state.
According to the report, the pilot and co-pilot, along with ten passengers (nine adults and one child), all died at the scene.
The jet erupted into flames upon landing, starting a forest fire in a remote area near Brazil's border with Bolivia and Peru, according to reports from the local press.
According to the media, several of the travellers were making their way back to the nearby state of Amazonas after receiving medical care.
In September, in the Amazonian village of Barcelos, fourteen people lost their lives when a jet crashed while attempting to land during a storm.
Additionally, four Indigenous children were saved from a plane crash in the Colombian Amazon in June. They remained alive in the bush for forty days until a large search and rescue effort brought them to safety.
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