A small plane disappeared last Friday (20), in the Amazon Forest, in Manicoré, in the interior of Amazonas. On Wednesday afternoon (25), the wreckage of the aircraft was found in a dense forest area that was difficult to access and two deaths were confirmed.
According to local authorities, the victims are pilot Rodrigo Boer Machado, aged 29, and passenger Breno Braga Leire. There were four people on board on the plane, initially there is no information about the other passengers.
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“In this moment of pain, the municipal management reaffirms its commitment to providing all necessary support to the affected families and expresses its gratitude to everyone involved in the search efforts”, says an excerpt from the note issued by Manicoré City Hall.
Mother of plane pilot who disappeared made an appeal on the web; watch
Nagila Boer, the pilot’s mother, was the one who reported the aircraft missing. On social media, she appealed to search for Rodrigo. In the recording she reports that her son had dreamed of visiting the Amazon and that he had reported some defects in the plane, but that he had changed the parts and carried out tests (watch below). So far, the causes of the plane crash have not been clarified. The information is from the Metrópoles portal.
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