Brazilian airliner with 155 onboard missing after collision

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15067143/

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The news just seems to be getting worse and worse as the day goes on

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Brazilian airliner, small jet collide over Amazon
Mayor says Gol flight carrying 155 crashed on farm near remote village

BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC News Services
Updated: 21 minutes ago

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A Brazilian jetliner with about 150 people aboard was reported missing Friday over the Amazon jungle after colliding with a smaller executive jet, aviation authorities said.

The mayor of a remote town in the central state of Mato Grosso said the plane had crashed on a farm in Peixoto de Azevedo municipality. The report could not immediately be confirmed by other authorities.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15067143/

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- The Brazilian air force continued searching Saturday morning in the densely forested Amazon region for a Gol airlines jet with 155 people aboard that went missing Friday, Brazilian aviation authorities said.

But authorities said they were no longer certain the disappearance was caused by a collision with a private jet as they earlier maintained.

"During the afternoon there was another incident with a Legacy airplane, made by Embraer," federal aviation authorities said in a statement issued early Saturday morning. "It is impossible to confirm that there is a relation between the incident which caused the (Legacy) crew to perform an emergency landing in Cachimbo and the disappearance of the Gol airplane."

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sad

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they're now saying it made a vertical dive into the ground....