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Ultralight ad plane crashes into sea off Copacabana pilot killed
International
Published on 24 April 2026
The plane was towing an advertising banner when it went down
A fatal crash off Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach killed the pilot when an ultralight aircraft pulling an advertising banner plunged into the sea on Saturday afternoon. Rescue teams launched a search operation to locate wreckage and assess the incident, while authorities work to understand how the crash unfolded near one of Brazil’s best-known coastlines.
- An ultralight plane crashed into the sea off Copacabana
- The pilot was killed in the accident on Saturday afternoon
- The aircraft was towing an advertising banner at the time
- Search and recovery efforts are underway for wreckage
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