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NAME: BRA CRASH 20060401I TAPE: EF06/0280 IN_TIME: 10:13:20:24 DURATION: 00:01:16:07 SOURCES: GLOBO TV DATELINE: Rio Bonito - 1 April 2006 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: Rio Bonito, Rio de Janeiro State 1 Wide shot of rescue helicopter flying over the mountains looking for the wreckage of the plane 2 Wide shot of helicopter flying over the mountains 3 Aerial shot of helicopter flying 4 Aerial zoom-in showing the wreckage of the plane 5 Aerial zoom-in showing the wreckage of the plane 6 Zoom-out from wreckage to wide of plane in the middle of the rainforest at a top of a mountain 7 Wide shot of rescue team 8 Wide shot of Brazilian Air Force rescue team preparing for the operation 9 SOUNDBITE (Portuguese): Colonel Celso Alberto de Carvalho, chief coordinator for the rescue operation: A: He ( the pilot ) tried to fly to the shoreline to make a visual flight and not to go up, to try to pass over the storm But we're only guessing at this stage 10 Pre-roll shot of Soraya Hutten 11 SOUNDBITE (Portuguese): Soraya Hutten, widow of the pilot: A: He has been flying this route for five years He is very experienced, he flies a lot He has been going abroad to bring new airplanes to the company 12 Aerial pan showing the wreckage 13 Aerial shot of the wreckage STORYLINE: Emergency workers on Saturday recovered the black box and the bodies of the 19 people who died when their plane crashed and exploded on impact in a mountainous region outside Rio de Janeiro The LET 410 double-propeller plane owned by local TEAM airline, which was carrying 17 passengers and two crew, exploded after crashing Friday night in a remote area near Saquarema, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Rio The cause of the crash was not immediately known Four employees from Brazil's state-owned energy company Petrobras were among the victims, airline director David Faria said, adding that none were high-ranking officials There were no reports of severe weather where the Czech-made plane disappeared Authorities said, however, that it could have been raining lightly and foggy at the time of the crash Colonel Celso Alberto de Carvalhos, who coordinated the recovery operation, speculated that the pilot of the plane tried to avoid a storm and crashed in the top of the mountain The aircraft disappeared from radar screens about 20 minutes after leaving the city of Macae, 180 kilometres (110 miles) east of Rio de Janeiro, according to a spokesman with the Rio de Janeiro State Civil Defence Department It was due to land Friday night in Rio after a flight of less than an hour Local media said rural workers in the mountainous region between Macae and Rio de Janeiro reported hearing an explosion after a plane flew very low overhead Officials from Brazil's federal aviation authority, or DAC, said the plane's black box with flight data and cockpit voice recorders had already been found Rescue teams found the wreckage nearly 10 hours after the plane crashed Authorities said workers had to walk through dense forest to get to the scene Officials set up a base in a small town near the crash site to coordinate the recovery efforts The victims' relatives were taken to a hotel in Rio de Janeiro to wait for information from TEAM airline, which operates short domestic flights in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo Some relatives were waiting on a coroners' office in Rio de Janeiro, where the bodies were expected to arrive late on Saturday keyword-air disaster