There Are Survivors Aboard Brazil’s Crashed Jet, Say Authorities

Brazilian aviation authorities have confirmed that they have credible information that there are survivors aboard a plane that fell last night in the Amazon jungle.

The Boeing 737-800 belonging to Brazilian airline Gol fell with 155 people aboard, after colliding in mid-air with a lighter plane from the Brazilian Aicraft Manufacturer Embraer. 

The information on survivors is still very sketchy and there is not an estimate of how many of the 149 passengers and six flight crew may have survived. The FAB (Brazilian Force Area) has warned the Peixoto Azevedo hospital, close to the area of the accident to be ready to receive the victims. 

Célio Wilson of Oliveira, the Security Secretary of the state of Mato Grosso, informed that Indians from the Kayapó and Metutirê villages, near the area where the plane fell, said they had seen five crash survivors. Authorities in the area, however, called the information imprecise and said that it differs from reports by the Armed forces rescue team, who hasn’t spotted any survivor.

Wreckage of the Boeing were located this morning by the Brazilian military in an area on the border between the states of Mato Grosso and Pará, in northern Brazil.

According to Gol, the fallen plane’s pilot, Décio Chaves Jr., was an experienced aviator with 10,000 hours of flight. And the Boeing was brand new with only 200 hours of flight. The plane had been received from the manufacturer on September 12.

Flight 1907 passengers’ list:

ACKER/JAQUES
ALVES/LEONARDO
ANCHIETA/ELCIO
ARAUJO/AGAMENON
ARMINDO/ANTONIO
AZEREDO/GILSON
AZEVEDO/MARCELO
AZEVEDO/OTTO BERNARDO
BARATO/JOSE
BARBERO/VALDINEI ROBERTO
BARBOSA/HENRIQUE
BARRETO/RAFAEL
BENEDITO/LUIZ ROGí‰RIO
BENJAMIM/MARIA TEREZINHA
BEYER/HUGO
BONAROSKI/LUIZ
BORTOZOLO/ERTHELVINE
BOVI/MARILENE
BRANCO/KELISON
BRESSAN/KEILA
BRITO/ANA CLAUDIA
CABRERIZO/GUSTAVO
CALANDRINI/FABIANA
CALANDRINI/JOÃO ARIANO
CARDOSO/CLAUDIO
CARVALHO/LUIZ
CARVALHO/VIVIANE
CAVALCANTE/FRANCISCO
CAVALCANTE/ROSSANA
COELHO/JOSE
COLLI/VANESSA
COLOGNESE/NELSON
COPAT/IVAN
COSTA/ELISABETH
COSTA/JOSENILDA
COSTA/GILCLEY
CRUZ/CARLOS
CRUZ/MARIA VALERIA
CUSTODIO/LUIZ
DA ROCHA/CLAUDIO
DARC/JOANA
DE JESUS/OSCAR
DE JESUS/RUTH
DIVINO/SILVA
DUARTE DORIA/NILO
EUSTAQUIO/THIAGO
FALCAO/JOSEANE
FARIAS/FRANCISCO
FELIPPE/PAULO CESAR
FERREIRA/MARCELO
FONTOURA/ANDRE
FREIXO/LUANA
GARCIA/FRANCISCO
GARCIA/HELEN
GARCIA/PEDRO HENRIQUE
GODOY/HELIO
GOMES/REGINA
GONCALVES SOBRINHO/LAZA
GUIDI/JULIO
GUTJAHR/ROLF
HANCOCK/DOUGLAS
IGNACIO/JOANA
KOWALSKI/ANDREAS
LEAL/JOAO
LEITE/ANGELA
LEMOS/LUCAS
LESQUEVES/EUGENIO
LIMA/THALITA
LINS/ETEUVINO
LLERAS/MARIO
LLERAS/DANIEL
LOIOLA/FRANCISCO CHAGAS
LOPES/MARCELO PAIXAO
LOPES/MARCELO
LOPES/MARCELO
LUCAS/ESDRAS
MACEDO/OLGA
MACENA/MARIA AUXILIADORA
MACHADO/MARLON
MACHADO/VALDOMIRO
MAGALHAES/ROSANA
MAIA/MARIA ZILDA
MAIA/LAVOSIER
MALAFAIA/MARIO
MARQUES/INEZ
MATTOS/ANTONIO
MELO/OSMAN
MELO/IZELIA
MENDES/JULIO
MENDES/AUGUSTO
MENDES/MARINA
MICHEL/FREDERICK
MIRANDA/RONIVON
MORAES/GLECIO
MOREIRA/PATRICIA
MOREIRA/QUEZIA
NARANJO/RAYSSA
NARDT/FRANCISCO
NERES/KARLA
NOE/RONALDO
OLIVEIRA/CHARLIE
OLIVEIRA/MARCIO
OLIVEIRA/FRANCISCO
OLIVEIRA/ENIO DE
OLIVEIRA/VANDEMIR
OLIVEIRA/ANTONIA
PADILHA/JANINE
PANIZZI/LOURDES
PEIXOTO/PEDRO
PESSOA/ANTONIO
PIMENTEL/WALTER
PIVOTTO/ELETA
PRADO/DORNELIO
RADESCA/RICARDO
RAMOS/JOAO ELOI
REZENDE/ATILA
REZENDE/ISMAR
REZENDE/MARIA
REZENDE/FRANCIELLE
RICKLY/MARIA DAS GRAÇAS
RIGUEIRA/MARCELO
ROCHA/SALUSTIANO
RODRIGUES/MARIA JOSí‰
RODRIGUES/ADAIR
RODRIGUES/ANTONIO
ROMANO/MAURO
RONDINI/MICHEL
ROSA/CLAUDEMIR
SANT ANNA JUNIOR/MOZART
SANTOS/PAULO
SANTOS/ALEXANDRE
SANTOS/EMANUELLE
SANTOS/LUIZ
SILVA/FELIPE
SILVA/ANA
SILVA/DANIEL
SILVA/JUVÊNCIO
SILVA/ROGERIO
SILVA/MARIO
SIQUEIRA/PLINIO
SOUSA/CARLOS
SOUZA/EDUARDO
SOUZA/RICARDO
SOUZA JUNIOR/CARLOS
TARIFA/RICARDO
TRINDADE/JOSE
VIANA/HUEDERFIDEL
VIANNA/HAMILTON
XAVIER/SAMANTHA

Crew members:

COMMANDER:  DECIO CHAVES JR.
CO-PILOT:  THIAGO JORDÃO CRUSO
FLIGHT ATTENDANT:  RENATA SOUZA FERNANDES
FLIGHT ATTENDANT:  SANDRA DA SILVA MARTINS
FLIGHT ATTENDANT:  NERISVAN DACKSON CANUTO DA SILVA
FLIGHT ATTENDANT:  RODRIGO DE PAULA LIMA

 

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