Antonio Sena s plane crashed in the Amazon rainforest. The next 36 days made him Brazil s hero
ABC Business 9/05/2021 By Emily Olson and Sarah Ferguson © Provided by ABC Business Brazilian pilot Antonio Sena crashed in the Amazon rain forest on January 28, 2021. (Supplied: Fatima Amara )
Antonio Sena was 3,000 feet in the air, 242 kilometres from the nearest town, with nothing but the rainforest stretching around him in all directions, when his plane s engine stopped cold.
It was supposed to be a four-day trip, ferrying 600 litres of diesel fuel from the town of Alenquer to a gold mine called California, tucked away in the Maicuru reserve. The spot was so isolated that Antonio needed a practice run the day before to locate the airstrip.
Comment un pilote a survécu seul pendant 36 jours après s être écrasé en Amazonie
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Après un problème d avion, il survit 38 jours seul en Amazonie
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BRASLIA: Antonio Sena was flying a single-prop Cessna 210 over the Brazilian Amazon when the engine suddenly stopped, leaving him minutes to find a spot in the jungle to crash-land.
He survived with no injuries, but was stranded in the middle of the world’s largest rainforest the start of a 38-day trek he says taught him one of the biggest lessons of his life.
Sena, 36, was hired to fly a cargo run from the northern town of Alenquer to an illegal gold mine in the rainforest, known as the “California”. Flying at an altitude of about 3,000 feet, he knew when the engine stopped halfway he did not have much time.