Barra do Garças air disaster
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The Barra do Garças air disaster was a suicide attack that occurred in Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil, on June 1, 1980, when pilot Mauro Milhomem attempted to crash a single-engine aircraft into the Hotel Presidente owned by his mother-in-law, killing six persons and himself and wounding four others. This incident is possibly one of the first cases of suicide by pilot in Brazil.
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Location | Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
Date | June 1, 1980 approx. 10.00am local[1] (UTC-04:00) |
Target | Hotel Presidente |
Attack type | Attempted suicide attack, suicide by pilot |
Weapons | The Embraer EMB-721 Sertanejo series Single-engine aircraft |
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Injured | 4 |
Perpetrator | Mauro Milhomem |
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