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Day: <span>April 8, 2014</span>

Aripuanã Plane Crash kills Pilot and 3 passengers, including 2 Civil Servants

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On April 6, 2013, an Embraer EMB-720D Minuano #PT-ROS en route from Aripuanã to Colniza, Mato Grosso went missing. A pilot saw the wreckage and called it in to Civil police before the official search began, which was set to begin on Monday. The wreckage was reported on Monday April 7, along with the remains of the pilot and three passengers. Two of the victims, Elias Borges Nogueira and Alexsandro Pereira da Silva were going to be in service in the region. The pilot and a local farmer were the other two victims. One of those aboard was found feet away from the plane, and had no burns.

The wreckage was discovered in an area of difficult access.

Aripuanã has no fire department, and the recovery work is being done by Aripuanã police. The remains were held at the local mortuary until being shipped to the Forensic Institute by Integrated Air Operations Center (Ciopaer).

The government statement said that they will be giving full support to the families.

The statement of the Secretary of Environment of Mato Grosso, José Lacerda, confirmed that the plane#PT-ROS crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday. “They are Cuiaba and were on a survey of regional programming in the areas of Aripuanã, Colniza and New World.”

The police are speculating that the plane may have lost parts in the air, although we do not know if this is supported by the photographic evidence we have seen. (i.e. if the plane is intact now in pictures, it was likely intact in the air.) Also, the weather was rainy and windy at the time the plane went missing.

Zombie Plane Crash Kills Movie Crew

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Dennis Monroe, 65, and Josepha Sardinas, 70 died in a Van’s RV-7 plane crash while filming the airplane scene in a a low budget zombie movie in Bellevue Florida. The experimental kit plane circled for an hour over a 20-acre field before it crashed near Monroe Airpark in Summerfield/Belleview. The passenger was filming the pilot as the pilot banked (turned) and the engine quit. The plane went down, impacting nose first in a back yard in the 1700th block of Southeast 140th Street. The plane did not catch fire.

The accident occurred on Sunday. The plane will remain in the back yard until NTSB investigators arrive on the scene. The NTSB is expected to use the film footage in lieu of a CVR which is not required on this type of small homebuilt plane.

Dennis W. Monroe was piloting at the time of the accident. He was Belleview Public Works Director for 26 years.

*Plane built by PAUL T COWDREY


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Another American Airlines Emergency Diversion

Due to an unspecified mechanical issue, American Airlines flight 3551 (Embraer 145) en route from Norfolk to Miami diverted to Jacksonville and made an emergency landing on April 8, 2013.

No injuries were reported. None of the 3 crew or 38 passengers were injured; and the passengers were provided an alternative flight to Miami.


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American Airlines Emergency Diversion to Birmingham

An American Airlines developed cabin pressure problems while en route from Jacksonville to Fort Worth, and made an emergency landing in Birmingham on Sunday, April 6, 2014.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-82 had 130 passengers and five crew, none of whom were injured. Passengers were provided an alternative plane to Dallas.

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