Two individuals perished and six others were injured when a small plane collided with a bus on a busy avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Friday morning, as reported by the local fire department.
The bodies of the deceased were discovered charred in the fuselage of the Beech F90 King Air aircraft, which had departed from Sao Paulo en route to Porto Alegre in southern Brazil, according to local authorities.
The plane crashed on Marques de Sao Vicente Avenue before colliding with the bus.
Governor Tarcisio de Freitas of Sao Paulo expressed his condolences on social media, confirming that the victims were the aircraft's pilot and co-pilot.
He praised the swift response of the fire department, emphasizing, "It is worth highlighting the quick action of the fire department, which extinguished the flames in just a few minutes and prevented this tragedy from being even greater."
The fire department reported that a female bus passenger and a cyclist hit by a piece of debris were hospitalized, while four others sustained minor injuries.