The small plane's pilot was approaching the town in heavy rain, with low visibility, and appeared to inadvertently start his landing mid-runway, Amazonas state security secretary Vinicius Almeida told a news conference. The plane ran out of landing strip and crashed, killing all 12 passengers and two crew, he said. Initial investigations indicated the passengers were all Brazilian men traveling to the region for sport fishing, the state government said in a statement. "Our teams have been on the ground responding since the moment of the crash to provide the necessary support," Governor Wilson Lima wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. "My solidarity and prayers to the victims' family and friends." Media reports showed the small white plane belly-down on a dirt track, its front end crumpled into the dense vegetation to the side. The plane was an EMB-110, a twin-engine turboprop manufactured by Brazilian aircraft-maker Embraer. The plane was on its way from the state … [Read more...] about 14 killed in plane crash in Brazilian Amazon