Brazilian Presidential Candidate Eduardo Campos Dies in Plane Crash
SÃO PAULO—Eduardo Campos, the Brazilian Socialist Party candidate for president in October's elections, was killed Wednesday after the private jet in which he was traveling plowed into a residential district of the coastal city of Santos.
Eduardo Campos, candidate of the Brazilian Socialist Party for October's presidential election, speaking last week. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Officials said the plane's landing in Santos was aborted during poor weather and the pilot had been attempting to change course.
All seven people aboard the Cessna 560 XL died, according to Julio Cesar Delgado, a congressman from Mr. Campos's Brazilian Socialist Party. Also killed were the pilot, co-pilot, a reporter, a photographer and two of Mr. Campos' campaign aides, Mr. Delgado said.
Campaign officials said they had lost contact with Mr. Campos this morning after he left Rio de Janeiro at 9:23 a.m. local time en route to a meeting in Santos, about 35 miles south of São Paulo.
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