Brazilian authorities said Sunday at least seven people were killed in a small plane crash that is said to have broken up in midair in the Minas Gerais state with firefighters responding to the site of the incident.
According to international media reports, firefighters said that they have "found seven dead victims [who were] on board the aircraft," the department said in a statement.
Earlier it announced that three bodies were found from the crash site.
Images captured by the locals and uploaded on social media show the wreckage of the plane shortly after falling on the side of a hill covered with grass and trees.
This plane crash comes as in September last year, 14 people were killed during a small plane crash in Amazon.
Amazon state Governor Wilson Lima had wrote on his social media post that twelve passengers and two crew were killed in the accident, that occurred in the northern town of Barcelos — a tourist destination.
The plane was an 18-passenger EMB-110, a twin-engine turboprop manufactured by Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer, reported a news site G1.
It had been travelling from the state capital, Manaus, to Barcelos, about a 90-minute flight.
Located on the Rio Negro, an Amazon tributary, it is bordered by several national parks and other protected areas.
