Brazil crash kills education officials

A single-engine plane crashed near the city of Manaus in the Brazilian Amazon, killing everyone on board, officials have said.

A single-engine plane crashed near the city of Manaus in the Brazilian Amazon, killing everyone on board, officials have said.

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Rescue workers said the plane was carrying five members of the secretariat of education.

"The plane took off from an airfield toward the interior (of the state of Amazonas) and a few minutes after takeoff requested permission to return to the landing strip," said a spokesman for the local air command.

"When the radio tower requested information on the emergency, there was no response from the aircraft."

Officials said the aircraft crashed yesterday near a religious seminary on the outskirts of Manaus, and immediately caught fire.