<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">A small passenger plane crashed in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest Saturday, killing all 14 people on board, Amazonas state Gov. Wilson Lima announced.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">“I deeply regret the death of the 12 passengers and two crew members who were victims of the plane crash in Barcelos on Saturday,” Lima said on X, formerly known as Twitter.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Embraer PT-SOG aircraft had taken off from Manaus, the Amazonas state capital and the biggest city in the Amazon, and was attempting to land in heavy rain when it crashed, local media reported.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The passengers were Brazilian tourists on their way to fish, the reports said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Video footage posted by the Globo television network showed the plane lying on a muddy dirt track with the front part of the aircraft in green foliage. A couple of dozen people are seen standing nearby holding umbrellas.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Brazilian air force sent a team from Manaus to collect information and preserve any evidence that could be used for the investigation into the crash, an air force statement said. AP/UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>