Five Die in Light Aircraft Accident in Brazil
Nov. 02, 2008
Four men and one women died on Nov. 2 when a light aircraft which they were aboard, crashed in the Brazilian state of Parana, some 250 kilometers from the border with Paraguay.
The aircraft went down in the playground of a school in the municipality of Paranavai, next to a house, without killing or injuring people on the ground, according to information broadcasted on Nov. 2 by Brazilian local news TV channel Globonews.
The aircraft took off in Sonora locality, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, to the municipality of Arapongan in Parana.
To the moment the causes of the accident are unknown, however the firemen group of Paranavai does not dismiss that the pouring rain could have contributed to the accident.