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Brazil's President Declares Period of Mourning for Airliner Crash
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Brazil's president has declared three-days of mourning for the 155
people killed in air crash that may have resulted from a mid-air
collision.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed sadness Saturday over the loss of
passengers and crew in Friday's accident.

Rescue teams located the wreckage of the Boeing 737 in dense jungle in
Brazil's Mato Grosso state, about 1,700 kilometers northwest of Sao
Paulo.

There are no known survivors.

Authorities say a thorough investigation will be needed to confirm a
theory the airliner collided with business jet that made an emergency
landing Friday at a Brazilian Air Force base.

None of its passengers were injured.

Gol Airlines flight 1907 disappeared from radar Friday after leaving
the city of Manaus in the heart of the Amazon rain forest. Its
destination was Brasilia, the capital of Brazil.

Some information for this report provided by Reuters, AFP and AP.


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