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Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 crashes into the Amazon rainforest during approach to Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, killing 33 people.
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Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815
2004 aviation accident in Brazil
Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight from São Paulo de Olivença, northwest Brazil to Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state. On 14 May 2004, the aircraft operating the flight, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, crashed into the dense Amazon…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Amazon rainforest
Large rainforest in South America
The Amazon rainforest, also called the Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7 million km2 (2.7 million sq mi), of which 6 million km2 (2.3 million sq…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Eduardo Gomes International Airport
Commercial airport serving Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil
Manaus–Eduardo Gomes International Airport is an international airport serving Manaus, Brazil. On 11 December 1973, while still under construction, the name of the facility was changed from Supersonic Airport of Manaus to Eduardo Gomes International Airport, celebrating the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Manaus
Capital and largest city of Amazonas, Brazil
Manaus is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2024 population of 2,279,686 distributed over a land area of about 11,401 km2 (4,402 sq mi). Located at the east centre of the state, the city…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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