Horror plane crash kills all 12 onboard including 19-month-old toddler after jet plunges moments after takeoff
A HORROR plane crash has left all 12 onboard dead including a 19-month-old toddler.
The tragic event happened just moments after the jet left an airport in Brazil on Sunday night.
Of the dozen victims two were the pilots with 10 others being passengers, including the young child.
The plane crashed on Sunday, 29, shortly after leaving the Rio Branco airport in Acre State, Brazil.
A video taken moments after the devastating crash shows the wreckage on fire in a forest.
The blaze wasn't put out for four hours as firefighters rushed to the crash site but were met with big challenges once there.
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According to fire chief Francisca Fragoso, the aircraft had fallen into a spot in the forest that was hard to reach for the emergency crews.
The bodies were left badly burned, leaving experts struggling to identify them at first.
Police spokesperson Mario Sandro Martins said: “The situation was very difficult.
"The plane collided with trees, exploded and the bodies were charred, it was very difficult to remove them."
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Since then state authorities have been able to name all 12 victims.
The pilot was Cláudio Atílio Mortari and co-pilot Kleiton Lima Almeida.
Ana Paula Melo was the unfortunate mother who died alongside her child.
The other passengers were identified as Antônio Cleudo Epifânio, Edineia de Lima, Jamilo Maciel, José Marcos Epifânio, Alexsander Bezerra, Raimundo Nonato Melo, Antonia Elizangela and Francisco who is yet to be fully named.
Authorities later said in a statement: “The government of the state of Acre expresses our solidarity with the families of the passengers, pilot and co-pilot who were on board the aircraft.”
The plane was a Cessna 208 Caravan and was used by a local company ART Taxi Aereo.
The aircraft was due to land in the small town of Envira in Amazonas State later that day before tragically plummeting from the sky.
Some of the passengers were reportedly going to a hospital in Envira to get medical help.
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The two pilots were said to be well trained very experienced in the air and the plane was in a good condition before it took off according to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil.
The crash is still being investigated.
