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Apuí Taxi Aéreo Beechcraft Crashes on Takeoff

On July 16, 2013 around 6:20 a.m, an Apuí Taxi Aéreo Beechcraft 58 Baron with six aboard scheduled from Manaus-Eduardo Gomes International Airport to Apui crashed in Brazil. Five passengers and a pilot were on board.

Seconds after takeoff, the plane lost power and crashed.

The plane caught fire by Terminal 2. Three victims (two men and a woman) are hospitalized with burns in Hospital 28 Julio Hospital in Manaus in the South Central Zone of Manaus.

Aurélio Simonetti, 68 and two others died in the crash. Adonay Campos, Edson Oliveira Parron, 36, and Vanessa Guedes were injured.

INFRAERO Fire brigade teams responded to the scene. The Regional Service Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents is investigating

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