The aircraft's owner and pilot died, along with nine members of his family on board.
A small plane has crashed into a popular Brazilian tourist town, killing all 10 people on board, according to officials. More than a dozen people on the ground were also injured when the aircraft came down in the centre of Gramado in the south of the country on Sunday, Brazil's civil defence agency said.
He told a press conference 17 people on the ground were injured, with 12 still receiving hospital care, including two who are in critical condition. Read more from Sky News:Boy, nine, killed in German Christmas market attack namedAt least 67 dead after deadly stampedes in Nigeria The twin-engine Piper PA-42-1000 took off shortly after 9am local time from nearby Canela airport and was heading to Jundiai in Sao Paulo state under unfavourable weather conditions, the governor said.
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