14 Dead in Plane Crash in Brazil

Amazonas State Security Secretary Colonel Vinicius Almeida (C), flanked by the commander of the Seventh Regional Air Command (VII COMAR) brigadier David Almeida (L) and the mayor of Barcelos Edson Mendes, speaks during a press conference in Manaus, Brazil, on Sept. 16, 2023, about the plane crash in which 14 people died during landing at Barcelos airport. Michael Dantas/AFP via Getty Images

SAO PAULO—Fourteen people on a small jet died when the plane crashed in Brazil’s northern Amazonas state on Saturday, the state’s governor said.

The accident took place in the Barcelos province, some 400 kilometers (248 miles) from the state capital, Manaus.