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The accident occurred on Friday (9) after takeoff from Belo Horizonte Airport, involving the Pegasus 17 aircraft, a Beechcraft Super King Air 300 used by the Military Police of Minas Gerais in operational missions and transporting organs for transplants.
The Military Police of Minas Gerais honored, late this Saturday afternoon (10), with a "sirenaço" near Pampulha Airport, in Belo Horizonte, the colleagues killed in a plane crash in Santana do Paraíso, in the Vale do Aço region.
The accident occurred this Friday (9), near Vale do Aço Regional Airport, after the flight took off from the BH terminal. The three occupants died. The victims are (see details below):
Luis Fernando Silvestre, lieutenant colonel of the PMMG
Alice dos Santos Almeida, PMMG lieutenant
Gabriela Emília Soares Resende, PMMG lieutenant
The crew was carrying out a re-evaluation flight of the Pegasus 17 aircraft, a twin-engine Beechcraft Super King Air 300 model, registration number PP-EJO. The plane was used on operational missions and also to transport organs for transplants.
The government of Minas Gerais declared three days of official mourning in honor of the victims. The state governor, Mateus Simões (PSD), the elected governor, Cleitinho Azevedo (Republicans), and the President of the Republic, Lula (PT), lamented the death of the police officers.
Wake this Sunday
The wake for the bodies of the three victims will be this Sunday (11), at the Belo Horizonte Military Police Academy, in the Prado neighborhood, from 11am to 2pm.
The burial will be at the Parque Bosque da Esperança Cemetery, in the Jaqueline neighborhood, at 4pm.
Military Police pay tribute to police officers killed in plane crash — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo
Who are the victims
Lieutenant Colonel Luis Fernando Silvestre
Lieutenant Colonel Silvestre, who was piloting the aircraft at the time of the accident, had more than five thousand hours of flight time and was the corporation's most qualified instructor, according to the PM.
The soldier commanded the State Aviation Command (Comave) aircraft squadron and had been in the police for more than two decades. Born in Belo Horizonte, he was 49 years old and left behind his wife and three children.
Lieutenant Gabriela Emília
Also born in BH, Lieutenant Gabriela Emília had accumulated around 300 hours of flight time. She was the first woman at PMMG qualified to fly fixed-wing aircraft, in 2023.
Emília joined the corporation in 2017 and was declared an officer in 2019. She served as a sector commander in the 34th Battalion and in the Mobile Tactical Command, in the 41st Battalion, in Belo Horizonte, before becoming a pilot in Comave. The police officer had recently returned from maternity leave. At 35, she left behind her husband and two young children.
Lieutenant Alice Almeida
Lieutenant Alice Almeida was born in Caratinga, in the Rio Doce Region, and was 34 years old. She was a pilot and worked in the maintenance of PM aircraft. According to the corporation, she also accumulated around 300 hours of flight time.
PM colonel became emotional when talking about deaths
Still on Friday, at a press conference that informed the identity of the victims, Colonel Flávio Santiago, director of Organizational Communication at the PM, became emotional. “It may be the most difficult press conference of my life,” said the colonel.
According to the military, Lieutenant Colonel Luis Silvestre, who piloted the aircraft and is one of the victims, was "the most qualified instructor in the corporation".
PM plane crashes and leaves people dead in Vale do Aço, in MG — Photo: Arte/g1
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The air accident investigation will be completed within 90 days with the release of a final report.
Likely · Within months
Wake and burial will take place as scheduled this Sunday (11) with the presence of state and federal authorities.
Certain · Within days

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