Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos dies in plane crash

August 14, 2014 01:41

A plane carrying Eduardo Campos, a front runner for the Brazilian presidential elections, crashed on Wednesday morning in the coastal city of Santos.

Brazil's Ministry of Aeronautics confirmed to NBC News that the leader of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) was one of the seven people killed in the plane crash.

According to Brazilian air authorities, Campos' private jet had been travelling from Rio de Janeiro's domestic airport to Guaruja airport. Air traffic control lost contact with the small jet as it was preparing to land in bad weather.

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