At around 10:30 a.m. local time on Friday, April 3, a Piper Malibu aircraft crashed into the Dom Inácio restaurant in Capão da Canoa, on the coast of Rio Grande do Sul, after taking off from Capão da Canoa Airport bound for São Paulo, according to Brazilian news outlets G1 and Terra Brasil.

Ramesses Vazquez-Viana, 10, was honored before Friday night’s Sixers game. The survivor of a January 2025 medical jet crash in Northeast Philadelphia, he has made a remarkable recovery after suffering severe burns to more than 90% of his body.

The second crew member’s fate is unknown.

Saturday marks five months since a UPS plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, killing 15 people, including three pilots.

An investigation is ongoing after a Russian military plane crashed into a cliff Tuesday, killing everyone aboard. The An-26 military transport plane disappeared Tuesday night while flying over the Crimean Peninsula, according to the Associated Press.

Ten‑year-old Ramesses Vazquez‑Viana, a survivor of last year’s Northeast Philadelphia medical jet crash, rang the ceremonial bell before the Sixers game Friday night.

A second U.S. combat plane crashed Friday as an A‑10 Warthog went down near Hormuz, with the pilot being rescued, officials said.

A second US Air Force plane crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday, the New York Times reported, with the US already carrying out search-and-rescue operations from another incident in which Iran downed a fighter jet.