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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nThis is the moment a small plane crashed into a building in the middle of a packed Brazilian city.\n\nThe aircraft was carrying five occupants when it slammed into a building in Belo Horizonte, the country’s sixth-largest city with a population of around 2.4 million people.\n\nThe small jet was spotted on video circling the Silveira area before colliding with a low-rise building.\n\nThe ⁠pilot and a passenger died, while the remaining passengers were in serious condition.\n\nThis picture released by the Minas Gerais Fire Department shows a small plane after it crashed into a building in the city center of Belo Horizonte (Picture: / MINAS GERASIS FIRE DEPARTMENT / AFP via Getty Images)\n\nThere were no injuries reported from inside the building.\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News** alerts the moment it happens.\n\nThe plane took off from Pampulha Airport at 12.16pm and the pilot had reported to the control tower that he was facing problems taking off.\n\nLieutenant Raul of the Fire Department said: ‘It [the aircraft] hit between the third and fourth floors, in the stairwell.\n\n‘If it had hit the sides, it could have struck some residences; those apartments were occupied.\n\n‘What we saw was the structure of the aircraft projected inside the stairwell, without hitting any other apartments.’\n\nOne resident inside the block said she thought ‘the world had ended’.\n\nAvani Soares, told Globo: ‘Everything went dark, a lot of debris fell, and I thought, ‘The world has ended.’\n\nThere were no injuries inside the building (Picture: GLEDSTON TAVARES / AFP via Getty Images)\n\n‘On the other floor, there were people screaming for help. I didn’t know what to do.’\n\nShe said there was a strong smell of fuel as she ran out with just her phone and glasses.\n\nInvestigators from the Centre for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (CENIPA) will examine the incident, according to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB).\n\nThe Civil Police from Minas Gerais (PCMG) have also launched an investigation into the crash.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Moment plane crashes into building in Brazil city centre killing two people"
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