Four people survived but 20 were missing and feared dead after a small Brazilian-made Bandeirante turboprop plane crashed into the Manacapuru river, a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil’s Amazon jungle during bad weather on Saturday.
The missing included four babies, Paulo Roberto Pereira, a spokesman for regional charter airline Manaus Aero Taxi, told local [...]

February 8th, 2009 | Tags: Bandeirante turboprop, Brazil's Amazon jungle, Civil Defense Coordinator, Daniel Guedes, Manacapuru river, Manaus, Manaus Aero Taxi, Paulo Roberto Pereira | Category: Brazil Travel | Leave a comment