Four Palmas players, their club president and pilot have been tragically killed in a runway plane crash as they prepared to travel from Porto Nacional-Associação Tocantinense de Aviação Airport (SWEJ) to Goiânia-Santa Genoveva Airport, GO (GYN/SBGO) for a last 16 fixture in the Brazilian cup. The Brazilian footballers and their club president were travelling to a cup match. The Palmas FR stars have been locally named as defensive midfielder Guilherme Noe, 28; left back Lucas Praxedes, 23; goalie Ranule Gomes dos Reis, 27; and striker Marcus Molinari, 23. They were killed alongside club president Lucas Meira, 32, and pilot Wagner Machado, 59, when their plane hit tragedy during take-off. The footballers had just joined the fourth-tier club and were yet to make their debuts. The plane, a Beechcraft 95 Barron, plunged to the ground and burst into flames at the end of the runway while taking off in the northern Brazilian state of Tocantins. They were on their way to the central region of Goiania to play a cup match against Vila Nova. Their club revealed after the tragedy they were travelling separately from the rest of the squad on a small private plane because they had tested positive for Covid-19 but had just reached their last day of self-isolation. According to the Brazilian aircraft register, the aircraft was not allowed to be used for air taxi purposes. The cause of the accident remains under investigation
Palmas Futebol e Regatas, usually known simply as Palmas, is a Brazilian football club from Palmas, Tocantins state.
Aircraft Information:
Owner: Construtora Meirelles Mascarenhas Ltda
Aircraft: Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron
Registration: PT-LYG
Serial Number: TC-2442
Age: 40 Yrs
Engines: 2 x Cont Motor IO-470-L
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND EVERYONE AT THE PALMAS FOOTBALL CLUB
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