The aircraft crashed into vehicles on the busy Marques de Sao Vicente Avenue in the Barra Funda neighbourhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil, around 7.20am local time (10.20am UK time), the local fire department said.
Shocking footage captured the moment a small plane trying to make an emergency landing crashed and exploded on a busy street in São Paulo on Friday, killing the passenger and pilot.
The charred bodies of the aircraft owner, Márcio Carpena, 46, and the pilot, Gustavo Medeiros, 44, were found inside the plane.Carpena, a lawyer, purchased the jet in December 2024 and immediately flew his family to Uruguay, according to a post on his Instagram. Authorities confirmed that the jet owner, Márcio Carpena, 46, and the pilot, Gustavo Medeiros, 44, were killed after the aircraft crashed on a street in São Paulo, Brazil on Friday morning
'The guy took off in front of me. I've been waiting here for about 15 or 20 minutes. The tower told us to wait,' the pilot said. Joao Lucas da Silva Amaral told TV Globo that the plane hit a tree and street sign before the fuel poured out. The Secretary of Public Security of Sao Paulo, Guilherme Derrite, said in a social media post that several teams were responding to the crash.
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