On the evening of the 23rd local time, a small plane crashed in the city of Aquidauana, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, in central-western Brazil. All four people on board perished, including Chinese architect and professor Yu Kongjian. Brazilian President Lula expressed his condolences for the victims on social media.
The crash site was located in the Pantanal wetlands region. According to local fire department reports, the identities of the four victims have been confirmed, including a pilot, two Brazilian documentary filmmakers, and Yu Kongjian. The cause of the accident is currently under investigation.
Local media reports indicated that Yu Kongjian and his team were filming a documentary about the concept of ‘sponge cities’ in the Pantanal wetlands at the time of the crash.
President Lula expressed his condolences for the victims of the accident on social media on the 24th, stating that in an era of increasingly severe climate change, Yu Kongjian’s proposition of ‘…
Deixe um comentário