A small aircraft crashed in the northwestern Brazilian state of Acre claiming the lives of no fewer than 12 individuals, including an infant.
In a statement by the Acre state government on Sunday, the plane, a single-engine Cessna Caravan, went down near the Rio Branco airport.
Tragically, all 10 passengers, consisting of nine adults and an infant, along with the pilot and co-pilot, lost their lives at the scene. An investigation is underway.
The nationalities of the passengers remain unclear.
The aircraft was en route to Envira, a small town in the neighboring Amazonas state of Brazil, and was reportedly operated by the local firm ART Taxi Aereo.
According to reports from local media, the plane caught fire upon impact, igniting a forest fire in a remote area near Brazil’s border with Peru and Bolivia.
This marks the second such incident in less than two months. In September, a small jet crashed in the Amazonas state, claiming the lives of 14 people, including 12 passengers and two crew members, all of whom were Brazilian tourists. The aircraft went down while approaching the tourist town of Barcelos in heavy rain and low visibility, according to officials.
