Private airplane crash in Brazil kills pilot and his household

Ten members of a household have died after a personal airplane crashed into town of Gramado in southern Brazil.

Brazilian businessman Luiz Claudio Galeazzi, who was piloting the airplane, was killed within the crash alongside his spouse, three daughters and different members of the family, an announcement from his firm stated.

The small airplane reportedly hit the chimney of a constructing, in addition to a home and a store because it fell.

Local authorities say 17 folks on the bottom have been injured within the accident, together with two in a severe situation.

Mr Galeazzi, 61, was taking his household on a visit to Jundiaí, within the São Paulo state, in accordance with stories in Brazilian media.

All 10 victims of the crash have been members of Mr Galeazzi’s household, Rio Grande do Sul state governor Eduardo Leite advised a press convention. He added that the airplane had taken off in unfavourable climate circumstances.

The airplane reportedly flew for 3km (1.8 miles) earlier than falling into the city space of town simply minutes after take-off on Sunday morning.

“At the time, it was revving up. You might see that it was accelerating so much,” an eyewitness, Nadia Hansen, advised Reuters information company.

“Then there was a bang because it hit the constructing after which it handed near my home after which it fell, and I assumed it had dropped in entrance of the home,” she stated.

Pictures from the scene present emergency employees attending to the smoking wreckage amongst particles from badly broken buildings.

Mr Galeazzi was the chief govt of Galeazzi & Associados, a company restructuring and disaster administration agency based mostly in São Paulo.

The firm issued an announcement on LinkedIn, paying tribute to the 61-year-old.

“Luiz Galeazzi will probably be eternally remembered for his dedication to his household and for his exceptional profession because the chief of Galeazzi & Associados,” the assertion stated.

“We additionally sympathize with all these affected by the accident within the area,” it stated, including that it will co-operate with investigations into the accident.

The airplane crashed close to the centre of Gramado, hitting a home, a furnishings retailer and a resort, in accordance with Brazilian media.

State governor Mr Leite stated the reason for the accident was being investigated by the Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center (Cenipa).

“The whole state is mobilized right here to supply the required help,” he advised reporters on the scene.

Gramado is a well-liked vacationer vacation spot, identified for internet hosting occasions in the course of the festive interval.

The area was severely hit in May this yr by unprecedented flooding, which claimed dozens of lives and displaced round 150,000 folks from their houses.