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At least seven people lost their lives after a small single-engine plane crashed in the Minas Gerais state of Brazil Sunday, according to officials as authorities were responding to the scene.
The plane was flying from Campinas, in neighboring Sao Paulo state, and broke up mid-air and crashed at around 10:30am in the mining town of Itapeva.
Firefighters “found seven dead victims [who were] on board the aircraft,” the department said in an updated statement before announcing earlier that three bodies had been found.
The plane was an 18-passenger EMB-110, a twin-engine turboprop manufactured by Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer, reported a news site G1.
It had been travelling from the state capital, Manaus, to Barcelos, about a 90-minute flight.
