Brazilian presidential candidate among those killed in plane crash

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font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 166px;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">STORY HIGHLIGHTS</strong></div> <ul class="cnn_bulletbin cnnStryHghLght" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 9px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="background-image: url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/global/red_bull.gif); background-position: 0px 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 9px 7px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos dies in a plane crash</span></li> <li style="background-image: url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/global/red_bull.gif); background-position: 0px 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 9px 7px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Cessna crashed as it tried to land in Sao Paulo state</span></li> <li style="background-image: url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/global/red_bull.gif); background-position: 0px 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 9px 7px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Campos was most recently governor of Pernambuco state</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt adtag15090" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; clear: left; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 20px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(CNN)</strong> -- Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was among those killed Wednesday morning in the crash of a small plane in Santos, Brazil, the country's state news outlet Agencia Brasil reported.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The exact number of people killed in the crash wasn't immediately known, but there were no survivors, Agencia Brasil reported, citing officials from Campos' Brazilian Socialist Party.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Campos, 49, was most recently the governor of Pernambuco state, and was a federal lawmaker from 1998 to 2003.</span></div> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt" style="border: 0px; clear: left; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="cnn_strylctcntr cnn_strylccimg300" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 22px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"> <div class="cnn_strylccimg300cntr" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; height: 169px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Eduardo Campos, presidential candidate and former governor of the state of Pernambuco, sits for a photograph after an interview in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday, April, 17, 2014." border="0" class="box-image" height="169" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140813123650-eduardo-campos-restricted-story-body.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300" /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Eduardo Campos, presidential candidate and former governor of the state of Pernambuco, sits for a photograph after an interview in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday, April, 17, 2014.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The political figure, who was running in his first presidential election, was among the serious contenders, steady in third place in the polls at about 8%, according to pollster Datafolha. The two leading candidates are incumbent President Dilma Rousseff and center-right candidate Aecio Neves.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Eight other candidates are polling at 3% or lower.</span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="" name="em2" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a></span><div class="cnn_strylftcntnt cnn_strylftcexpbxnv" id="expand16" style="border: 0px; clear: left; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 27px 0px 10px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="cnnStoryElementBox" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="cnnArticlePhotoContainer" id="photoContainer162" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; height: 146px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 214px;"> <div class="cnnStoryElementBox" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Map: Brazil plane crash" border="0" class="box-image" height="122" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140813175200-brazil-santos-map-story-top.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="214" /></span><cite class="expCaption" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat repeat; bottom: 0px; height: 20px; left: 10px; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.85; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 214px;"><span style="border: 0px; float: left; font-style: normal; left: 4px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: 2px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Map: Brazil plane crash</span></span></cite></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The plane was a Cessna 560XL that had departed from Santos Dumont airport in Rio de Janeiro en route to Guaraja airport in Sao Paulo state, Agencia Brasil reported.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The plane's maintenance and inspection records were up to date, the state outlet reported.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As the plane prepared to land it swerved because of bad weather, and immediately the air traffic control tower lost contact with the plane, Agencia Brasil reported.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">One witness, a pilot trainee, told CNN he heard a loud noise and saw the plane flying really low.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It was pitched down at 70 degrees, and "hit the ground like a rock," Matheus Giovannini said, adding that it appeared to have hit a house, too.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Campos was married, and had five children.</span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Courtesy: CNN</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div>

Brazilian presidential candidate among those killed in plane crash

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margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An Iraqi military helicopter crashed during an aid flight on Tuesday night, swamped by desperate refugees trying to clamber aboard on Mount Sinjar.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The MI-17 helicopter was delivering aid to Yazidis when it crashed, killing its pilot and injuring several others on board. At least three Western journalists were onboard,<a href="http://lightbox.time.com/2014/08/12/helicopter-crash-iraq-moises-saman/#1" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">including TIME photographer Moises Saman</a>, who said he was "pinned down by the weight of some of the passengers for a while but suffered just a minor cut on his head".</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Photographer Adam Ferguson, and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/12/nyt-reporter-injured-iraq-alissa-rubin_n_5671924.html" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">New York Times’ Paris bureau chief Alissa J Rubin</a> also survived the crash. “If we had been another 50 meters higher we’d all be dead,” <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/world/middleeast/times-journalist-iraq.html?_r=0" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">Ferguson told the Times</a>. Rubin has concussion, at least one broken wrist and possibly some broken ribs.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/12/iraq-helicopter-crash-yazidis_n_5671825.html" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">Kurdish news agency Rudaw said Vian Dakhil, a Yazidi member of the Iraqi parliament </a>who last week made an emotional plea for her embattled community, was on board and wounded in the crash.</span></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff for the Kurdish president, said overloading had not been the problem, but the crash had been caused by pilot error.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On Tuesday, Jonathan Rugman, a foreign affairs correspondent for Channel 4 News, helped to drag dozens of the refugees on board a separate Iraqi helicopter, and said it was overwhelmed by the number of people desperate to flee.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"You can be a bystander, you can say, 'I am telling the world what is going on and that is my job'. Or you can be so overwhelmed by the circumstances that you feel you have to help," <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/12/channel-4-news-iraqi-yezidi-helicopter_n_5671180.html?utm_hp_ref=uk" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">Rugman told The Huffington Post UK</a>, saying it had been one of the most "particularly intense" situations he had been in, during 20 years as a reporter.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"If you are on a helicopter, in a confined space that can only take 25 refugees, you are taking up one of those spaces," he added.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Around a quarter of a million Iraqis from religious minorities have already fled their homes in the face of "convert or die" ultimatums from the advancing militants, with women executed or taken as slaves and teenagers sexually assaulted, a United Nations report concluded.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The UN's special rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsak, urged: "All possible measures must be taken urgently to avoid a mass atrocity and potential genocide within days or hours - civilians need to be protected on the ground and escorted out of situations of extreme peril."</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The UN refugee agency said up to 35,000 people had managed to reach Iraqi Kurdistan's Dohuk region after escaping from Mount Sinjar.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"The new arrivals are exhausted, dehydrated and many have suffered sun or heat stroke, with the daily temperatures reaching 40 to 45 degrees Celsius," UN High Commissioner for Refugees spokesman Adrian Edwards.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A further 10,000 to 15,000 had arrived in Syria, but as many as 30,000 remained on the mountain.</span></div> </div>

Iraqi Helicopter Crashes On Mount Sinjar As Desperate Refugees Swamp Chopper

Posted:  13/08/2014 08:20 BST  Updated:  1 hour ago Print Article 00:05 / 25:10 ...

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