Brazilian Presidential Candidate And Others Killed In Plane Crash

Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos died Wednesday when a small plane carrying him to a campaign stop crashed into a residential neighborhood, state media reported.

All seven people aboard the the Cessna 560XL were killed when the aircraft crashed in the coastal city of Santos, Brazil, about 40 miles south of Sao Paulo, state-run Agencia Brasil reported.

As the aircraft prepared to land, it swerved because of bad weather.

The air traffic control tower immediately lost contact with the plane, Agencia Brasil said.One witness, a pilot trainee, said he heard a loud noise and saw the plane flying low before it crashed into a house and then the ground.

It was pitched down at 70 degrees, and "hit the ground like a rock," Matheus Giovannini said.

Campos, 49, was a well known politician running in his first presidential election as a candidate for the Brazilian Socialist Party.
He was most recently the governor of Pernambuco state and was a federal lawmaker from 1998 to 2003. He was married and had five children......

Posted: at 14-08-2014 07:01 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

RIP

Posted: at 14-08-2014 08:02 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming

Hmmmm died jt like dat. Well I don't trust any politician. They are all same world wide. Evil
Rest in peace to all of them.

Posted: at 14-08-2014 08:30 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

SAD NEWS
RIP

Posted: at 14-08-2014 09:53 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

So no be only Nigeria?

Posted: at 14-08-2014 12:03 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Politics

Posted: at 14-08-2014 04:33 PM (9 years ago) | Hero

good things don't last..
them kill him ..

Posted: at 14-08-2014 05:37 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

rip

Posted: at 14-08-2014 06:02 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming

Eyha

Posted: at 14-08-2014 11:38 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

So sad. RIP

Posted: at 25-08-2015 03:39 PM (8 years ago) | Hero