The Untimely Death Of Campos Shakes The Campaign To The
Core
Eduardo Campos, a Brazilian presidential candidate and
49-year-old father of five, was killed in a plane crash on 13
August, in a tragic incident that radically alters the electoral
landscape at a crucial point.
A 12-seater Cessna jet carrying Campos, leader of the
center-left Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), crashed in bad weather
in the coastal city of Santos, killing all seven people on board.
Campos's running mate, Marina Silva, was not on the plane.
The black box recovered from the wreckage did not record the
flight, according to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). "The two
hours of audio, the maximum recording capacity of the equipment,
which were received and validated by certified technicians, were
not of the flight of 13 August," said spokesperson Pedro Luis
Farcic. "It is not yet possible to determine the date of the
dialogue recorded."
