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Brazil Cessna Crash

What: Cessna 310R en route from Leopoldina to Pampulha
Where: Serra do Curral, Minas Gerais Brazil
When: Feb 26 2010
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: After takeoff, the plane crashed in conditions of fog and low visibility. The mountainous crash site was 5 meters below the top of Serra do Curral mountain range. The plane apparently blew up on impacting a “wall” of mountain.

A local fire department helicopter spotted the wreckage.

The victims were identified as Tanus Sales and Rafael Tanus Pascoal Sales. Rafael was the pilot.

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