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Horror unfolded on a busy street in Brazil after a plane crashed into a bus in a Sao Paulo neighborhood.
The small aircraft was reportedly attempting an emergency landing when it rammed into a bus on Friday morning.
The crash site of the King Air F90 light aircraft was engulfed in black clouds of smoke and massive flames.
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A small plane crashed into a bus on a busy street in Brazil
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Highlights
- A small plane crashed into a bus on a busy street in Brazil on Friday morning.
- Videos captured the King Air F90 light aircraft crashing and causing an immediate explosion.
- The plane belonged to a lawyer named Márcio Louzada Carpena, who lost his life in the collision.
- The pilot was identified as Gustavo Medeiros.
The aircraft had the capacity to carry up to eight people, including the pilot, according to local outlets.
At least two people were killed in the collision. Two others, a motorcyclist and a female commuter on the bus, were also injured and rushed to the hospital for medical attention.
The motorcyclist was hit by a piece of equipment from the debris.
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Other passengers on the bus managed to exit the vehicle safely.
Local news outlets reported that the Beechcraft King Air F90 model plane belonged to a lawyer named Márcio Louzada Carpena from Rio Grande do Sul.
Márcio was reportedly aboard the aircraft and lost his life in the collision.
He had purchased the aircraft just over a month ago in December, 2024.
Image credits: Reuters
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Gustavo Medeiros was identified as the second victim, who was manning the aircraft when the tragedy took place.
He had been a pilot for about a decade and also worked as a route instructor for the last three years.
Prior to the crash, the aircraft had taken off from the Campo de Marte Airport and was on its way to the city of Porto Alegre in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.
At least two people were killed in the collision
🚨BRASIL: Veja momento em que avião cai e explode em avenida de São Paulo. pic.twitter.com/AFpM0dRjdN
— CHOQUEI (@choquei) February 7, 2025
🚨ASSISTA: Novo ângulo do avião que caiu e explodiu em São Paulo, na Barra Funda. pic.twitter.com/n8ZAhxbKAT
— CHOQUEI (@choquei) February 7, 2025
However, the plane reportedly lost contact with the control tower within minutes of its departure.
Videos circulating online captured the bus engulfed in flames as plumes of smoke billowed up.
“What a tragedy!” a social media user exclaimed on X.
“There are a lot of planes crashing, huh?” read the translation of another tweet.
The small plane that crashed in Brazil belonged to Márcio Louzada Carpena, who reportedly lost his life in the collision
Image credits: choquei
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One witness, Genival Dantas Arraes, recalled seeing the plane explode “immediately.”
“Suddenly the plane came down the avenue and I just saw everything flying and the fireball,” the witness was quoted as saying.
After the explosion, onlookers were “paralyzed,” with the impact unfolding “very quickly.”
Um avião de pequeno porte acaba de cair na Barra Funda, na Av Marquês de São Vicente pic.twitter.com/4yP5yebvYU
— Cleiton Tortato (@cleitontortato) February 7, 2025
“The plane was ripping up palm trees and signs. It went by very quickly,” the witness added.
The bus driver, who was behind the wheel of the vehicle, was seen in tears talking about the harrowing incident in one video.
“All I know is that I saved everyone,” the emotional driver said.
The bus driver was captured in tears following the unexpected collision
Image credits: choquei
🚨VEJA: Motorista do ônibus atingido por avião em SP chora e se emociona após o acontecido.
pic.twitter.com/NGhyo75bhB— CHOQUEI (@choquei) February 7, 2025
News of the collision came just days after two planes collided at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
On February 5, a Japan Airlines jet slammed into the tail of a parked Delta plane at the airport.
Passengers were onboard both of the aircraft involved in the collision.
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Image credits: Reuters
Another tragedy took place last month after American Airlines flight 5342 collided with a US Army Black Hawk Helicopter.
All 60 passengers and four crew members on the passenger flight, along with the three soldiers who were flying in the military chopper, were killed.
Several passengers who had their lives tragically cut short were from the US ice skating community .
“This plane disasters [sic] getting out of hand,” one social media user said
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Jill Jones 10 months ago
Air fatalities seem to come in threes. This one was the third. It's still safer than driving. My prayers to the families.
Bravia Kimyi 9 months ago
It’s true that flying is safer than driving, even with all of these crashes lately. There’s a bigger chance of dying from a car crash on the way to the airport than on the flight itself. There’s small accidents all the time, if you look on Wikipedia or anything like that. It’s just that these recent accidents have been getting more attention than they should now that more people have access to social media and stuff.
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StrangeOne 10 months ago
Is there something going in with our skies? Like, seriously. Too many plane crashes.
UKGrandad 10 months ago
I don't think so. There are small-scale aviation accidents all the time, but they're usually so minor that they receive only local attention. After the D.C. collision there is more of a focus on aviation accidents so even the minor ones get far more media attention than they usually would. Also, small clusters of accidents crop up from time to time, so that alone can make accidents look far more common than they really are.
Load More Replies... UKGrandad 10 months ago
Oh Jeez, and another one has gone missing over Alaska. "US authorities are looking for a small plane carrying 10 people that has been reported missing in the state of Alaska. The US Coast Guard for the Alaska region said a Cessna Caravan craft was 12 miles (19km) offshore on a flight from Unalakleet to Nome when "its position was lost"." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05l28jne2ro.amp
Jill Jones 10 months ago
Air fatalities seem to come in threes. This one was the third. It's still safer than driving. My prayers to the families.
Bravia Kimyi 9 months ago
It’s true that flying is safer than driving, even with all of these crashes lately. There’s a bigger chance of dying from a car crash on the way to the airport than on the flight itself. There’s small accidents all the time, if you look on Wikipedia or anything like that. It’s just that these recent accidents have been getting more attention than they should now that more people have access to social media and stuff.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 10 months ago
Is there something going in with our skies? Like, seriously. Too many plane crashes.
UKGrandad 10 months ago
I don't think so. There are small-scale aviation accidents all the time, but they're usually so minor that they receive only local attention. After the D.C. collision there is more of a focus on aviation accidents so even the minor ones get far more media attention than they usually would. Also, small clusters of accidents crop up from time to time, so that alone can make accidents look far more common than they really are.
Load More Replies... UKGrandad 10 months ago
Oh Jeez, and another one has gone missing over Alaska. "US authorities are looking for a small plane carrying 10 people that has been reported missing in the state of Alaska. The US Coast Guard for the Alaska region said a Cessna Caravan craft was 12 miles (19km) offshore on a flight from Unalakleet to Nome when "its position was lost"." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05l28jne2ro.amp
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