5 killed in small plane crash in Brazil

SAO PAULO: A twin-engine plane explosion has claimed the lives of 5 people, after it crashed into a farm in the town of Apiacas in western Brazil's Mato Grosso state. Brazil's GloboNews quoted the Brazilian Military Police as saying that the aircraft, with a capacity for seven people, was on its way to the city of Rondonopolis. Experts from the Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Centre were dispatched to Apiacas to investigate the accident, the Brazilian Air Force said. Source : Emirates News Agency