As reported by TV Sudoeste, a TV Bahia affiliate in the region, he was transporting the aircraft from Caruaru, in Pernambuco, to Guanambi, in the interior of Bahia. The plane would have been purchased by two businessmen from the Bahian region.
Body of pilot who died in accident in Bahia is removed from plane and sent to IML
The accident is being investigated by the Second Regional Service for the Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Seripa II).
Check below what is known and what remains to be clarified about the plane crash:
- How was the accident and the rescue of the victim?
- What were the causes of the plane crash?
- What is the information about the aircraft?
- Who investigates the case?
- Who is the victim?
How was the accident and the rescue of the victim?
According to the Fire Department, which had five vehicles in the rescue team, witnesses reported that the aircraft lost altitude and impacted the ground before catching fire. The accident occurred in the town of Sereia, on a farm next to a candle factory.
Plane crash witness says flames prevented pilot from being saved
Rural worker Edson also described the accident. He witnessed the scene.
“We were working. When I saw it, the plane was low and we ran. It hit the tree and then the ground, already on fire. We tried to help him [o piloto]we got close, but the fire was very high”, he narrated.
After being removed from the rubble, Jairo’s body was sent by the Technical Police Department (DPT) to the Legal Medical Institute (IML) of Santo Amaro, in the Bahian region.
What were the causes of the plane crash?
There is still no information about what caused the plane to crash. O g1 asked Seripa II, to find out if investigators had already arrived in the municipality of Bahia to investigate the circumstances of the accident, but did not receive any feedback until the last update of this report.
What is the information about the aircraft?
A aircraft left Caruaru (PE), around 9am on Thursday (14). The trip was destined for the municipality of Guanambi (BA).
An affiliate of TV Bahia in the region, TV Sudoeste found that the plane belonged to two businessmen from the municipality of Bahia. The identity of the men, however, was not disclosed.
The Seneca PT-REY registration plane had six seats and belonged to the “conventional landing” class, according to a record verified in the Brazilian Aeronautical Registry (RAB) consultation system.
Although it was registered in the “private – non-scheduled public air transport service” category, corresponding to the air taxi service, the vehicle was not authorized to do so.
Furthermore, the airworthiness situation was described as “normal”. O g1 He sought out the Air Force Command for further clarification on the available information, but received no response.
In a note sent to the press, Seripa II informed that investigators based in Recife, Pernambuco, will conduct the process to determine the causes and circumstances that led to the crash of the aircraft.
They will carry out the Initial Action of the incident, a phase in which specific techniques are used, conducted by qualified and accredited personnel.
- data collection and confirmation;
- preservation of research elements;
- initial verification of damage caused to or by the aircraft;
- gathering other information necessary for the investigation.
Seripa II also guarantees that the conclusion will take as short a time as possible, depending on the complexity of the occurrence and the need to discover the possible factors that contributed to the accident.
His father, who was also a pilot, died in 2015.
Due to Jairo’s death, the Esquadrilha da Fumaça presentation that would have been held next Saturday (16) was cancelled. The event would take place at Oscar Laranjeira Airport, in the city of Pernambuco.
There are still no details regarding the pilot’s wake and burial.
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