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Marilia Mendonca: Popular Brazil singer dies in plane crash at 26

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Marília Mendonça's songs were famous for focusing on women's experiences with failed relationships

Marília Mendonça, one of Brazil's most popular contemporary singers, has been killed in a plane crash at the age of 26, officials say.

Four other people - her uncle, her producer and two crew members - also died in the accident in a rural area in south-eastern Minas Gerais state.

An investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the crash.

A Latin Grammy winner in 2019, Mendonça became famous for focusing on women's experiences with failed relationships.

One of the biggest names of Brazilian country music known as sertanejo, Mendonça started her career as a teenager, and became a national star in 2016 with a hit about infidelity. She was known as the country's "Queen of Suffering".

Last year, as concerts were cancelled because of the pandemic, she performed in a series of online gigs. One of them set the record of the most-watched live stream in the world, with 3.3 million peak viewers on YouTube.

In 2020, she was the most listened to artist in Brazil on Spotify.

Mendonça, who had a two-year-old son, was set to perform at a concert on Friday evening in the city of Caratinga, 12km (seven miles) from the crash site. Hours before the accident, she posted a video on social media in which she prepared to board the private aircraft.

Date:	05-NOV-2021
Time:	15:30
Type:	Beechcraft C90A King Air
Owner/operator:	PEC Taxi Aereo
Registration:	PT-ONJ
MSN:	LJ-1078
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Piedade de Caratinga -    Brazil
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Goiânia-Santa Genoveva Airport, GO (GYN/SBGO)
Destination airport:	Caratinga-Ubaporanga Airport, MG (SNCT)

Narrative:
A Beechcraft C90A King Air, PT-ONJ, was destroyed when it impacted a waterfall in rural hills Piedade de Caratinga, Brazil. Onboard the plane were two pilots, a producer, and Marília Mendonça, a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Military Fire Department confirms five occupants died in the accident.