Brazil has recorded at least 51 air accidents this year, according to data from the SIPAER investigation and prevention system. The events left 19 dead people, 12 crew and nine passengers.
None of these episodes included the ordinary commercial flights called, which are managed by airlines by selling tickets.
Another air accident on the Sipaer plate in 2025 on April 9, Matthew A one -engine plane crashed shortly after taking off at Campina Grande (PB). The pilot and the passenger were slightly injured and rescued.
Looking at the 51st occurrence until April 9, Brazil was destroyed every 46.5 hours in 2025. The number does not cover accidents and serious accidents, which are less severe episodes.
In addition to the 19 deaths, 11 people were seriously injured and 24 injuries are light after air accidents that occurred this year.
With the help of the PinPoint platform, the journalism tool developed by Google, CNN The 51st reports analyzed about 2025 incidents. The transit of data shows that nearly half (24) accidents involved agricultural aircraft.
Regarding the flight in which the accident occurred, it was 15 in taking off and ten in the landing.
Most of the falls occurred in the state of Sao Paulo (9). Then Bahia (6), Matto Grosso (5) and Minas Girais (5).
The age of the back aircraft
Sipaer data shows that 21 rugs in 2025 (41.2 %) were manufactured before 2000. On the other hand, nine (16.7 %) were built after 2019.
The oldest plane to flow this year was manufactured in 1968. It is exactly one engine that fell in Campina Grande earlier this month.
On the other hand, two of the accident included a manufactured plane in 2024.
Compared to 2024
Between January 1 and April 9, 2024, 58 air accidents were recorded in Brazil, according to Siber.
When comparing this year’s data with the same period from 2024, there was a decrease of 12.1 %.
Remember some accidents
On January 9, a double engines It exploded after trying to landOn the northern coast of Sue Paulo. The plane was launched from the city of Miniros, in the interior of Goiás and ended up on the beach after exceeding the boundaries of the path. The plane’s pilot died. Four passengers were injured and two people were injured on the ground.
Less than a month, on February 7 /
The plane fell shortly after taking off from the Campo de March airport, also in Sao Paulo. The two people died on the plane. Seven other people were injured on the ground. Voice obtained by CNN It indicates that Pilot Gustavo Carneero Mediros requested a “immediate return” to the airport. He listens.
In March, A helicopter from Pernambuco Amana for Social Defense that made a missing teenager fell In the Caribbean Sea region, in the rural area of Santa Maria da Boua Vista, at Agreste in the state.
Four people were on board the helicopter, two pilots and two air operators. None of them was hurt.
Otherwise
“Conducting an indispensable statistical survey for all air events and provides this information on its website, through the SIPAAR board, within the reach of the entire society as a way to contribute to identifying and continuing the risks to development,” said the Cenipa Research and Prevention Center, who is linked to the Brazilian Air Force.
The agency told that “within the aviation community, the lessons learned through the issuance of their final reports and security recommendations are published, and it proposes measures to prevent new incidents with similar characteristics.”
The agency says: “Cenipa’s investigations are not aimed at proving guilt or responsibility, as stipulated in current legislation, nor are they ready to prove any possible cause of an accident, but they indicate potential contributing factors that allow any technical problems related to aviation.”