Shocking moment jet crashes after taking off from Brazilian airport, killing pilot and terminal worker as two passengers miraculously survive
Shocking moment plane crashes after takeoff from Brazilian airport, killing pilot and terminal worker while two passengers miraculously survive
- Fernando Kawahata died Thursday in a crash shortly after taking off in the plane he was piloting at an airport in Cuiabá, Brazil.
- Juan Jaramillo, a 62-year-old Venezuelan who worked at the private airport, was killed when he was hit by one of the motorcycles
- Adelar Jacobowski and Valdir Jacobowski, siblings who owned the plane, survived the crash and remain in hospital
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Harrowing surveillance footage has captured the moment a twin-engine plane crashed at an airport in west-central Brazil, killing the pilot and a terminal worker, while two passengers survived.
The plane crashed on Wednesday afternoon shortly after taking off from Bom Futuro Airport in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso.
The King Air C90 aircraft fell sideways and then attempted to land on the runway. But he crashed on the asphalt and slid away.
It eventually came to a stop near a passenger terminal and burst into flames before exploding.
Surveillance camera at Bom Futuro Airport in Cuiabá, Brazil, shows the moment a King Air C90 twin-engine plane crashed on Wednesday. The pilot and an airport terminal employee were killed. Two passengers. siblings who owned the plane and worked in the agricultural sector survived the accident
Fernando Kawahata died Wednesday in a plane crash shortly after taking off from a private airport in the central western Brazilian city of Cuiabá.
The pilot of the small plane, Fernando Kawahata, 42, was killed instantly.
Juan Jaramillo, a 62-year-old Venezuelan national, was killed after part of the motorcycle hit him near the terminal building.
The two survivors, Adelar Jacobowski, 55, and Valdir Jacobowski, 52, are siblings who work in the agricultural sector and owned the plane. They were able to escape on their own, the Civil Police said.
They were rushed to a private hospital and treated for back and abdominal injuries. They were to be discharged on Thursday.
The Brazilian Air Force’s Regional Aviation Accident Investigation and Prevention Service is investigating the cause of the accident.
Adelar Jacobowski, 55, and Valdir Jacobowski, 52, survived a crash in the twin-engine plane they own when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff at a private airport in Cuiabá, Brazil. Their pilot and an airport employee were killed
The Brazilian Air Force’s Regional Aviation Accident Investigation and Prevention Service is investigating whether engine failure or negligence caused Wednesday’s plane crash (above right), which killed two people and injured two others.
Aerial view of the King Air C90 twin-engine plane that crashed Wednesday at Bom Futuro Airport in Cuiabá, Brazil
The plane is the same model involved in the November 2021 crash that killed country singer Marilia Mendoça. The pilot, the co-pilot, who was also her uncle, and a producer also died.
Civilian police chief Marcos Lira told news channel G1 that investigators are investigating whether the accident was caused by engine failure or negligence. They will also check whether Kawahata had any existing health problems that may have contributed to the crash.
The injured farmers have not yet been interviewed because they are still in the early stages of recovery.
Kawahata is survived by his wife and two sons, ages 12 and 18.
“He died doing what he loved. It’s difficult, but life goes on,” his eldest son told the newspaper.
Kawahata’s tragic death comes just two weeks after his mother passed away.