Two aircraft crashes in Minas Gerais kill three police officers and a pilot
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On 9 October 2026 a PMMG King Air crashed near Ipatinga airport during a re‑check flight, killing three police personnel, while an Embraer EMB‑711ST crashed in a Belo Horizonte subway yard, killing its pilot.
PMMG King Air crash
Three military personnel died when a PMMG aircraft crashed near the Ipatinga airport in Santana do Paraíso at 15:16 while on a standard re‑check flight from Belo Horizonte to Ipatinga. The aircraft was a King Air that had been retrofitted for police use and was reported by the Prefeitura de Ipatinga as belonging to PMMG. It was identified as a Beechcraft B300 Super King Air (also referred to as Beech 300 BE30) with registration PP‑EJO, built in 1986 and capable of carrying nine passengers and one pilot. The aircraft had more than 5,000 flight hours overall, with about 300 flight hours for each of the two lieutenants, and its documentation was regular until April 2027. The State Aviation Command operates the aircraft for organ transport and troop movement. Cenipa was assigned to investigate the crash.
Embraer monomotor crash
The pilot of an Embraer EMB‑711ST died when the monomotor struck a warehouse and a power pole before falling onto metro tracks in the São Gabriel neighbourhood of Belo Horizonte. The aircraft, registration PT‑VHE, had departed from Pampulha Airport bound for Juatuba and was scheduled to land there before returning to Pampulha. It was in regular condition and could carry four people. The crash occurred at approximately 11:15 and was the first aircraft accident in Minas Gerais that day. Cenipa and the Civil Police of Minas Gerais opened a procedure to investigate the accident.
What's still unclear
Sources differ on the exact model designation and registration of the PMMG aircraft, referring to it as a King Air, Beechcraft B300 Super King Air, Beech 300 BE30, and giving registration PP‑EJO.
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