ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236079
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| Date: | Friday 15 May 2020 |
| Time: | 21:35 UTC |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-810C Seneca II |
| Owner/operator: | Top Line Táxi Aéreo Ltda |
| Registration: | PT-RMN |
| MSN: | 810434 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | São Benedito, Ceará -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Sobral Airport, CE (QBX/SNOB) |
| Teresina-Senador Petrônio Portela Airport, PI (THE/SBTE) | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An ambulance plane, carrying three doctors, one of them a Covid-19 patient, and one pilot, crashed in a mountainous area near São Benedito, Brazil. All four on board were killed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://noticias.r7.com/cidades/aviao-que-transportava-medico-infectado-com-covid-19-cai-no-ceara-15052020
https://cidadeverde.com/noticias/324216/queda-de-aviao-deixa-4-mortos-no-ceara-aeronave-levava-paciente-com-covid
https://g1.globo.com/google/amp/ce/ceara/noticia/2020/05/15/aviao-de-pequeno-porte-cai-em-mata-em-sao-benedito-no-ceara.ghtml
https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/queda-de-aviao-mata-tres-medicos-um-deles-com-covid-19-e-o-piloto?amp
https://www.correio24horas.com.br/amp/nid/acidente-de-aviao-mata-quatro-no-ceara-tres-eram-medicos/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xh2Zsa4xLg (video)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2020 07:38 | harro | Added |
| 16-May-2020 07:41 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 16-May-2020 09:08 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 16-May-2020 12:16 | Victor | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2021 19:52 | harro | Updated [Time, Source] |
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