Australian pilot dies in Brazil plane crash with cocaine cargo

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An Australian pilot died when his plane, carrying 180 kg of cocaine in fake SpaceX packaging, crashed in Brazil. The single-engine aircraft crashed in a sugarcane field in Coruripe. Authorities are investigating the incident as international drug trafficking, with the pilot identified as Timothy James Clark. Clark, a businessman and pilot from Melbourne, reportedly worked as a contractor for SpaceX. The plane was registered in Zambia.


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