The National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) collected samples of aviation fuels at Pampulha Airport, in Belo Horizonte, following accidents with two aircraft that took off from the terminal on Friday (9). The body's objective is to investigate the possibility of adulteration or poor quality of the material used in aircraft.
Four people died in two plane crashes on the same day last week. At the end of the morning, a monotor that left the terminal in the capital of Minas Gerais towards Juatuba, in Greater BH, fell onto the subway track. The pilot, the only person on board, did not survive. In the afternoon, another aircraft, with three military police officers, crashed near Vale do Aço Airport, in Santana do Paraíso.
The causes of the two crashes are being investigated by the Civil Police of Minas Gerais and the Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Cenipa), of the Brazilian Air Force.
According to the ANP, the quality of the fuel used to fuel the two aircraft that crashed will be analyzed.
The inspection took place on Tuesday (13), four days after the accidents. According to the ANP, the samples will undergo laboratory analysis to check the quality of the fuels. Inspectors also examined records of supply and supply operations.
"Within its legal responsibilities, the ANP will verify the existence of possible irregularities related to the quality of fuels, as well as supply and fueling procedures," the ANP told TV Globo.
PM and private company planes
The ANP did not clarify, however, whether the two planes were supplied by the same suppliers or whether they used common facilities and equipment.
One of the planes belonged to the Minas Gerais Military Police, which reported that maintenance was up to date. The other was owned by the Bahian company Bello Fruit Importação e Exportação, which also claimed to have up-to-date maintenance. The National Aviation Agency (Anac) said there was no irregularity in the records.
According to the ANP, "precautionary measures may be applied, including the closure of facilities, but only if serious irregularities are found that justify such measures."
Also according to the ANP, the last inspections of fuel suppliers in Pampulha took place in October 2025, a year before the accidents. At the time, no irregularities were identified.
Montage shows plane crashes in Belo Horizonte and Santana do Paraíso after takeoffs from Pampulha Airport — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo
Three plane crashes in Greater BH since May
Since May, there have been three plane accidents in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte alone (remember here). In ten years, across the state, there were 140 plane accidents and 71 deaths in 10 years, according to the Center for Aviation Accident Investigation and Prevention (Cenipa).
Friday's two accidents occurred just hours apart. The first aircraft was a single-engine Embraer Corisco II Turbo, registered PT-VHE. She fell into the subway maintenance yard, near São Gabriel Station, in Belo Horizonte, shortly after taking off from Pampulha.
It was a test flight after the aircraft spent a period of maintenance at the airfield. Pilot Daniel de Souza da Silva Salomão, aged 31, died. The aircraft would proceed to Juatuba, in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte.
In the afternoon, the twin-engine Beechcraft Super King Air 300, from the Military Police of Minas Gerais, took off from the Airport to make a check flight. Lieutenant Colonel Luis Fernando Silvestre and lieutenants Alice dos Santos Almeida and Gabriela Emília Soares Lacerda Resende died (see who the victims are).
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