Overview

• A single‑engine plane crashed on Sept. 14 in a sugarcane field near Coruripe, Alagoas, and the pilot was found dead at the scene, according to local authorities.
• Police recovered roughly 180–200 kilograms of cocaine packaged in bricks displaying the SpaceX logo, with images and video circulating from the scene and no evidence of any company involvement.
• The seized drugs were transferred to the Integrated Public Security Centre in Coruripe, and local reports valued the haul at about nine million reais.
• Officials have not disclosed the flight’s origin or destination; investigators noted extra fuel tanks that could indicate a long‑range route, and reports said the aircraft was registered in Zambia and had operated in Brazil.
• The pilot was widely reported as Australian businessman Timothy James Clark, but fact‑checkers highlighted unresolved questions about his background and other particulars as the investigation continues.