Arkivfoto. Den omkomne præsidentkandidat Eduardo Campos, fra »Brazilian Socialist Party« var nummer 3 som mulig præsident i de seneste brasilianske meningsmålinger. Den Brasilianske »Air Force« har udtalt at privatflyet mistede konktakt med kontroltårnet da det forberedte sig på at lande.
Former governor of Pernambuco state and Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) presidential candidate Eduardo Campos speaks during a meeting with businessmen at the National Agriculture Confederation headquarters in Brasilia in this August 6, 2014 file photo. A private jet carrying candidate Eduardo Campos, who is running third in polls ahead of Brazil's October presidential election, crashed on August 13, 2014 in the city of Santos, according to a source in Campos's political party. The plane, a Cessna 560XL, lost contact with air traffic control as it was preparing to land, according to an Air Force statement. Television images showed smoke billowing from the crash site in a residential area of Santos. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/Files (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY)