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Kongjian Yu Among Four Killed in Brazil Pantanal Plane Crash Under Investigation

Regulators say the 1958 Cessna was not approved for night flights.

Kongjian Yu fue una referencia en la planificación sustentable. Foto: AP
El arquitecto Kongjian Yu murió a los 62 años en un accidente aéreo (Archivo).
El director Luiz Fernando Feres da Cunha Ferraz
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Overview

  • The victims were Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, filmmakers Luiz Ferraz and Rubens Crispim Jr., and pilot-owner Marcelo Pereira de Barros, according to authorities.
  • The Cessna 175 crashed while attempting to land at a farm near Aquidauana in the Pantanal and was found burning at Fazenda Barra Mansa, firefighters and police said.
  • Brazil’s civil aviation agency ANAC reported the plane lacked certification and equipment for night operations and confirmed it was built in 1958 and owned by the pilot.
  • Records cited by officials indicate the aircraft was seized in 2019 over irregular paid operations and its airworthiness certificate was regularized in February 2025.
  • Yu had been in Brazil for cultural events and traveled to the Pantanal to film with the Brazilian team, as tributes pour in and formal crash investigations continue.