What the records say
- When
- 1 Jun 1980
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 15.89° S, 52.26° W
- Description
- Suicide by pilot in Barra do Garças, Brazil
- Deaths
- 7
- Injured
- 4
Barra do Garças air disaster
Suicide by pilot in Barra do Garças, Brazil
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.
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