Brazil nation singer Marilia Mendonca killed in small airplane crash

Brazilian nation singer Marilia Mendonca was killed on Friday alongside together with her supervisor and aide when the small airplane they had been travelling in crashed within the state of Minas Gerais.
Mendonca’s press workplace mentioned in an announcement that her producer, Henrique Ribeiro, aide Abicieli Silveira Dias Filho as nicely each the pilot and co-pilot of the aircraft had been additionally killed within the crash.
Marilia Mendonca rose to fame as an icon of the Brazilian nation music fashion “sertanejo,” successful a 2019 Latin Grammy for an album within the class. She had posted on social media a video boarding the aircraft earlier on Friday.

The airplane departed from the midwestern metropolis of Goiania heading to Caratinga, the place 26-year-old Mendonca had a live performance scheduled for in a while Friday, in line with information web site G1.
The reason behind the crash was below investigation however state-run energy firm Cemig (CMIG4.SA) mentioned in an announcement that the airplane collided with an electrical energy distribution line owned by the corporate earlier than hitting the bottom.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro mentioned on Twitter that the entire nation was shocked by the information, including that Mendonca was one of many biggest artists of her era.
“We feel like we have lost someone very close to us,” Bolsonaro tweeted.
Last yr, when the COVID-19 pandemic led to wide-ranging lockdowns in Brazil, a stay broadcast of a live performance by Mendonca drew 3.3 million peak concurrent viewers, a world report for YouTube.