| Barra do Garças air disaster | |
|---|---|
 An Embraer EMB-721C Sertanejo similar to the incident aircraft | |
| Location | Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| Date | June 1, 1980 approx. 10:00 a.m. local (UTC-04:00) |
| Target | Hotel Presidente |
| Attack type | Attempted suicide attack, suicide by pilot |
| Weapons | The Embraer EMB-721 Sertanejo series single-engine aircraft |
| Deaths |
|
| Injured | 4 |
| Perpetrator | Mauro Milhomem |
The Barra do Garças air disaster was a suicide attack that occurred in Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil, on June 1, 1980, when pilot Mauro Milhomem attempted to crash a single-engine aircraft into the Hotel Presidente owned by his mother-in-law, killing six people and himself and wounding four others. This incident is possibly one of the first cases of suicide by pilot in Brazil.
Background
Prior to the crash, Milhomem had an argument with his wife after he determined that she had been unfaithful to him. Milhomem threatened to crash a plane into the hotel owned by his wife's mother.
Crash
On June 1, 1980, Milhomem, a pilot for the air taxi service Táxi Aereo Garapu, flew an Embraer EMB Sertanejo-721 single-engine airplane registered as PT-EGI with four passengers inside it to the Hotel Presidente, where his wife was residing, and attempted to hit the hotel; he failed to control the aircraft and instead hit a tree, several utility poles, and ultimately a two-story building, and finally crashed into an accounting office.
In addition to Milhomem, three people died immediately; another died while being transported to Goiânia, and two more died within the two days following the crash. Four people were injured, two seriously, and were treated in a Barra do Garças hospital.
Aftermath
Initially, Aldirio Oliveira Vieira, an official of the Brazilian airport authority Infraero, said that the plane had been flying at a low altitude around the building, struck a utility pole with its right wing rupturing its gasoline tank, hit a second pole, and then crashed into an accounting office. It was later determined that the pilot, Milhomem, had attempted unsuccessfully to execute a kamikaze-style attack on the hotel building which his mother-in-law owned.
Milhomem's wife, Angela Milhomem, allegedly committed suicide a few days after the crash. She was shunned and harassed by the locals who accused her of being the one who caused the tragedy.
See also
References
- "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234812 - Embraer EMB-721C Sertanejo PT-EGI 01-JUN-1980". Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- ^ "Morrem feridos no acidente" [Injured people die in an accident]. Folha de S. Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1980-06-05.
- ^ "Cinco mortos no choque do "Sertanejo"" [Five dead people in the "Sertanejo" shock]. Folha de S. Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1980-06-03.
- "Mulher se mata depois do marido se suicidar" [Woman kills herself after her husband committed suicide]. Tribuna da Imprensa (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1980-06-06. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30.
External links
- Acidentes ocorrem mais com aparelhos pequenos, Folha de S.Paulo (May 26, 1982)
| Aviation accidents and incidents in 1980 (1980) | |
|---|---|
| Jan 21 Iran Air Flight 291Feb 21 Advance Airlines Flight 4210Feb 27 China Airlines Flight 811Mar 14 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007Apr 12 Transbrasil Flight 303Apr 25 Dan-Air Flight 1008Apr 27 Thai Airways Flight 231Jun 1 Barra do Garças air disasterJun 12 Air Wisconsin Flight 965Jun 12 Aeroflot Flight Sh-88Jun 27 Itavia Flight 870Jul 8 Aeroflot Flight 4225Aug 19 Saudia Flight 163Sep 12 Florida Commuter Airlines Flight 65Sep 21 Biggin Hill Invader crashNov 3 Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crashNov 19 Korean Air Lines Flight 015Dec 4 Camarate air crashDec 21 Riohacha TAC Caravelle crashDec 22 Saudia Flight 162 | |
| 1979 ◄ ► 1981 |
Categories:
- 1980 in Brazil
- 1980 murders in Brazil
- Airliner accidents and incidents involving deliberate crashes
- Aviation accidents and incidents in 1980
- Aviation accidents and incidents in Brazil
- June 1980 events in South America
- Mass murder in 1980
- Murder–suicides in Brazil
- 20th-century mass murder in Brazil
- Attacks on hotels
- Attacks on buildings and structures in Brazil
- Attacks on buildings and structures in 1980
- 1980 suicides
- History of Mato Grosso
- Suicide attacks