Seven dead in the crash of a private plane in Brazil

Seven people were killed and one was injured when a private plane crashed in a residential area of ​​Brazil's largest city on Saturday.

The twin-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Sao Paulo's Campo de Mar airport, authorities said.

Local media reports that the plane is owned by Roger Agnelli, the former CEO of the world's leading mining company Vale, and that he died in the accident, Globonews reported.

According to firefighters, the injured person is a woman whose house the plane crashed into.