Pilot dies after plane crash in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Firefighters in the Brazilian state of São Paulo reported Tuesday the second plane crash in three days after a light agricultural crop duster crashed that day in a rural area of the Brazilian region of Registro, killing the 70-year-old pilot, Nilton Cesar Silva Romero.

According to the agency, the crash was reported in the early hours of the morning in the Brazilian locality while the aircraft was disinfecting banana plantations in the Vale do Ribeira region of São Paulo state.

At the same time, a team of six rescue workers and specialists from the Brazilian Center for the Investigation and Prevention of Aviation Accidents were dispatched to the scene to analyze and process the circumstances.

The National Aviation Authority (ANAC) also said that the aircraft, owned by the company Aero Agrícola Caiçara, is certified to operate until January 2023.

This is the second aviation accident in the country in just three days, following the incident last Sunday, February 27.

According to local authorities, the last catastrophic event occurred after a plane crashed from the Brazilian municipality of Cotia to the city of Itumbiara at the Comandante Luís Martins de Araújo Municipal Airport in the Bebedouro region of São Paulo.