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1. BROTHERS IN ARMS ROAD TO HILL 30 RIP PATCH
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I realised I'd been too into my life here." "I hadn't realised that he was flying again, especially not this kind of flight. "I just kept asking questions," she said.

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He tried to ease Mariana into the news slowly but she wanted the full picture. It was 8:30 pm, and he was putting his daughter to sleep. Thiago got the first call hours after Antonio was supposed to arrive at the airstrip. It's extremely rare they actually find someone. ( Supplied: Fatima Amara ) The odds of recovery were low from the startįlights over the Amazon go missing so frequently that the public follows the search like sport.Ĭrews from the Brazilian Air Force fly in zig-zags along the intended route, looking for dead spots and missing trees - a plane-sized hole in 470 million hectares of jungle. Two lighters and the lessons of jungle survival training helped Antonio build a fire on the first night. Maybe he'd get to show them around one day. He photographed them with his cell phone in an act of optimism. It would take more than a shelter of palm fronds, a fire with damp wood and a rudimentary spear to hold across his chest while he slept - but these are the things he was able to add to his survival kit on that first night. Staying alive would need to be a miracle, too.

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Grabbing his backpack and gathering what he could see, he pushed himself through the gap where the windshield had been, scrambling over the front of the wreckage. The smell of diesel and aviation fuel filled his lungs, and Antonio realised he was drenched in flammable liquid.

When Antonio opened his eyes, he was pinned between his seat and the instrument panel, with bits of cargo debris lying everywhere. By the third, the cockpit was overcome by noise and confusion. ( Supplied: Fatima Amara)Īs the ground rushed toward him, the first tree hit the belly of the plane with a thud. They're also somewhat soft, or at least as supple as a tree can be.Īntonio snapped this selfie of himself with the Cessna 210 aircraft he crash landed. The slender giants normally live near water.

BROTHERS IN ARMS ROAD TO HILL 30 RIP PATCH

"But he's just as good at getting himself out of trouble." Scanning the horizon, Antonio spotted palm treesĪ small opening in the canopy revealed a patch of palm trees. "He gets himself into trouble," Mariana said. In 2015, he performed a successful emergency landing with 24 passengers on board following an engine failure. Those moments made her nervous and only intensified as his career took off. She'd walk by his desk sometimes and overhear him studying up on black boxes or jungle survival skills.

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Mariana gave him free room and board during his studies. They sold a chunk of land to help pay for his license. The decision to become a pilot didn't come as a surprise to either of his siblings. I wanted to control him, to protect him."Īs an adult, he'd spend his weekends outdoors - playing soccer, wakeboarding or camping with his younger brother, Thiago. "It was common to have him in trouble when he was a kid - a broken arm from falling off the neighbour's roof, climbing up a tree, bike accidents. "He's always been very adventurous," said Antonio's sister, Mariana. Thiago and Mariana said Antonio had always been active and adventurous.