THE bodies of a missing pilot and his passenger were discovered on Christmas Day in the wreckage of a horror plane crash.
Rodrigo Boer Machado, 29, was the focus of a search by authorities after he went missing following a routine flight on December 20. Unfortunately, his body was discovered five days later.
Alarms were raised on 21 December when the Cessna aircraft, registration PT-JCZ, did not present a flight plan.
It did not appear on air traffic control’s radar either.
Images shows horrific scenes at the crash site located in what appears to be a practically inaccessible area of the Amazon rainforest.
The 29-year-old had told his family that he had been hired to fly from Porto Velho to Manaus.
Machado was accompanied on the hour and a half flight across Brazil by a 27-year-old passenger named Breno Braga Leite.
The last GPS location for the doomed plane was over the southeast region of Manicoré.
Search parties spent several days trying to find the pair, as well as the plane.
But finally, on Christmas Day, the wreckage was discovered.
The search was conducted by the FAB with help from the civil police, military police, fire department and sniffer dogs.
The location of the plane crash proved to be incredibly difficult to access due how woody the rainforest is.
Both victims are believed to have died due to injuries sustained in the crash.
Machado’s family travelled to Amazonas from São José do Rio Preto to retrieve his body.
He will be buried in São Paulo, NeedToKnow reports.
It comes as haunting footage reveals passengers on board the doomed Azerbaijan Airlines flight just moments before it crashed – killing 38 people.
A tragic incident occurred on Christmas Day when Flight J2-8243, carrying 67 individuals, crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan. Despite the devastating crash, many passengers, including children, managed to survive miraculously.
The plane had been en route from Baku in Azerbaijan to Grozny in Russia – but was rerouted due to bad weather conditions.
Azerbaijan Airlines initially said the plane crashed after flying through a flock of birds – but it later withdrew the statement.
The cause of the crash was reportedly due to an air defense missile striking Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 during its landing in Grozny, Russia, subsequent to departing from Baku, Azerbaijan.
Putin’s forces have also been accused of jamming the plane’s systems and refusing the stricken aircraft permission to make an emergency landing in Russia.
Hero pilots bravely struggled on in their crippled airliner – managing to cross the Caspian Sea before plummeting to the ground near Aktau International Airport in Kazakhstan.
But their efforts managed to save the lives of 29 out of the 67 people on board – even as both of them died in the horrific crash.
