10 folks had been lifeless and a dozen injured after a small airplane crashed right into a Brazilian vacationer city Gramado on Sunday. In accordance with Brazil’s Civil Defence Company, all 10 passengers and crew on board have been killed and greater than a dozen folks on the bottom injured.
The plane hit the chimney of a house after which the second ground of a constructing earlier than crashing right into a cell phone store in a largely residential neighbourhood of Gramado, mentioned Brazilian Civil Defence Company in a submit on X.
Greater than a dozen individuals who had been on the bottom had been taken to hospitals with accidents together with smoke inhalation, with two mentioned to be in important situation.
It’s not instantly clear what triggered the crash.
“My metropolis is in mourning, after every part, we went via in Gramado and attempting to get again on our toes, this tragedy has come alongside. The airplane with registration PR-NDN that crashed on Av. Central in Gramado left town in shock, it was carrying 9 folks. Could God consolation the households for this irreparable loss,” an X consumer @O_patriota2 wrote.
Native media reported that the passengers had been members of the identical household and had been travelling to Sao Paulo state from one other city in Rio Grande do Sul state.
Gramado is within the Serra Gaucha mountains and is common with Brazilian vacationers who benefit from the cool climate, climbing spots and conventional structure. The city was settled by giant numbers of German and Italian immigrants within the nineteenth century and is a well-liked spot for Christmas holidays.
(With AP inputs)