Plane crash-lands; explodes on beach
The crashed jet. Photo credit: @ANatureGal (Twitter)
Published By: Michael Adesina
Benson Michael
A devastating plane crash occurred on Thursday morning in Ubatuba, a coastal city in the southeastern state of São Paulo, Brazil.
A Cessna 545 aircraft, carrying five people, including the pilot, crashed and exploded on a nearby beach after overshooting the rainy runway at Ubatuba Airport.
Dramatic surveillance footage captured the moment the plane attempted to land, only to veer off course and slam through a fence before coming to rest in the ocean.
Bystanders rushed to the scene, recording first responders as they rescued two children from the wreckage and carried them to safety.
- 62 passengers dead after plane crashes into residential building in Brazil
- How 143 passengers, baby escaped death when Max Air crash-landed in Abuja
- Breaking: Plane carrying 143 passengers, baby crash-lands in Abuja, bursts into flames
Tragically, the pilot, identified as Paulo Seghetto, suffered a cardiac arrest and died at the scene. Four passengers, including two children, survived the ordeal, with some sustaining injuries.
According to eyewitnesses, a woman and her child, who were on the beach, were hit by the plane but miraculously survived. The Ubatuba city government and the São Paulo Department of Public Safety confirmed that a bystander was injured in the incident.
The plane, owned by a family, had departed from Mineiros Municipal Airport in Goiás and encountered poor weather conditions, including a wet runway, before the fatal crash.
The Cessna 545, built in 2008, has a capacity of seven passengers and two pilots, and requires a minimum runway length of 2,588 feet to land safely. The Ubatuba Airport’s landing strip measures 3,083 feet.
An investigation into the cause of the crash is underway.
