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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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