On March 2, a small plane carrying four people crashed in the morning in downtown Rio de Janeiro, killing all aboard, confirmed Brazil's National Agency of Civil Aviation (NACA).

According to the NACA, the plane crashed in the district of Barra da Tijuca, between the Woods of Barra da Tijuca and the condominium of Mandala. After the crash, the plane exploded and killed one pilot and three passengers.

The single-engined plane, a Cirrus with the prefix of PRIAO, departed from the airport of Jacarepagua in Rio de Janeiro, at about 11 a.m. local time, to Florianopolis, capital of the southern state of Santa Catarina.

The NACA added that before the crash, the pilot informed the tower that the motor of the plane took fire.