RIO DE JANEIRO — Twelve people aboard a small aircraft died in a crash Sunday morning in Brazil’s Amazon region.

The plane went down near the main airport in Rio Branco, the capital of Acre state, according to the press office of Gov. Gladson Cameli.

Video supposedly of the crash site on social media showed flaming wreckage in the forest.

NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland and Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo talk to commuters and experts about what a revamped Jamaica station would mean. Credit: Newsday Studios

What you need to know about Gov. Hochul's proposed $50M Jamaica station redesign NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland and Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo talk to commuters and experts about what a revamped Jamaica station would mean.

NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland and Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo talk to commuters and experts about what a revamped Jamaica station would mean. Credit: Newsday Studios

What you need to know about Gov. Hochul's proposed $50M Jamaica station redesign NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland and Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo talk to commuters and experts about what a revamped Jamaica station would mean.

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