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Embraer Crashes Into Belo Horizonte Building After Pilot Warning

5/5/2026

Summary

Story summary

Pilot warned Pampulha control tower of take-off problems moments before the Embraer EMB-721C hit a three-storey building in Belo Horizonte.
The crash killed the pilot and co-pilot and injured three passengers.
Emergency crews arrived at 12:25 pm local time and transferred the injured to João XXIII Hospital.
CENIPA and Minas Gerais Civil Police investigators have opened inquiries into the 1979-manufactured Embraer registered to Flavio Loureiro Salgueiro.

History

Historical Context

On 29 September 2006 a Gol Boeing 737-800 collided with an Embraer Legacy 600 over the Amazon, killing 154 people and triggering a crisis in Brazilian civil aviation. Today CENIPA, Minas Gerais Civil Police and aircraft owner Flavio Loureiro Salgueiro are investigating an EMB-721C crash, echoing the earlier scrutiny of Gol’s operators and air-traffic control.

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Story summary

Pilot warned Pampulha control tower of take-off problems moments before the Embraer EMB-721C hit a three-storey building in Belo Horizonte.
The crash killed the pilot and co-pilot and injured three passengers.
Emergency crews arrived at 12:25 pm local time and transferred the injured to João XXIII Hospital.
CENIPA and Minas Gerais Civil Police investigators have opened inquiries into the 1979-manufactured Embraer registered to Flavio Loureiro Salgueiro.

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