{"id":129707,"date":"2023-09-07T11:39:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T11:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=129707"},"modified":"2023-09-07T11:39:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T11:39:29","slug":"pilot-who-was-left-stranded-in-amazon-rainforest-for-13-days-after-plane-accident-dies-in-second-crash-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/pilot-who-was-left-stranded-in-amazon-rainforest-for-13-days-after-plane-accident-dies-in-second-crash-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot who was left stranded in Amazon rainforest for 13 days after plane accident dies in second crash | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A PILOT who was left stranded for 13 days after crashing his plane last year has since been killed in a second smash.<\/p>\n
Ot\u00e1vio Augusto Munhoz da Silva, 38, was flying over Mucaja\u00ed in Brazil when his aircraft plunged to the ground last week.<\/p>\n
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He crashed on August 28 near the border of Venezuela \u2013 214km from the capital, Boa Vista.<\/p>\n
According to authorities, the plane he was piloting crashed in a forested area of the city of Pacaraima.<\/p>\n
The body of Munhoz da Silva, originally from Paran\u00e1, is understood to have been discovered on Friday.<\/p>\n
His cousin, Alexandre Munhoz, told local media his corpse was underwater for five days.<\/p>\n
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The pilot's mother is said to be \u201csuffering a lot\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Civil Police have opened an investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n
Munhoz da Silva was a private pilot and flew air taxis in the Boa Vista region, his family said.<\/p>\n
In a tragic twist, Munhoz da Silva had to walk for 13 days through the Amazon rainforest after crashing his jet in September 2022.<\/p>\n
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