Plane crash kills 4 including famous architect & filmmakers after light aircraft smashes into ground during landing

A CHINESE architect and two Brazilian filmmakers were among four killed when a light plane slammed into the ground and exploded in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands.

The plane went down during a landing maneuver on Tuesday night, exploding on impact and leaving the victims’ bodies charred.

Wreckage of a small yellow and blue plane on the ground at night.

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The site of a plane crash site in the vast wetlands of Mato Grosso do Sul state, BrazilCredit: Reuters
Architect Yu Kongjian speaking during an interview, wearing a red sweater over a white collared shirt, with a microphone clipped to his shirt.

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Architect Yu Kongjian died in the horror crashCredit: AP

The accident happened at Barra Mansa farm, a tourist hotspot in Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul — famous as a filming location for the hit soap ‘Pantanal’.

Killed in the crash were Chinese architect Kongjian Yu, documentary filmmakers Luiz Fernando Feres da Cunha Ferraz and Rubens Crispim Jr., and pilot Marcelo Pereira de Barros, who owned the aircraft.

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