Pedro Rodrigues Parente Neto was last seen on September 1, in the town of Caicara del Orinoco
Rio de Janeiro pilot Pedro Rodrigues Parente Neto, 37, has been missing for ten days. He was last seen on September 1 with the plane he was hired to fly, the single-engine Bellanca Aircraft, in the city of Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela. Brazilian authorities are investigating the case.
According to the RJ2According to TV Globo, the man was hired to pick up mining entrepreneur Daniel Seabra de Souza, who also owns the aircraft, with the plane. He told the report that the single-engine plane was recently purchased and that he hired the pilot last month.
Pedro would have arrived in Venezuelan lands on August 17, when he landed in the city of Caicara del Orinoco and remained in the region for several days. A document indicates that the pilot handed over the plane to the businessman at that time, already in Venezuela.
“On September 4th we would have returned to Brazil because on the 6th we had to do the CVA [Certificado de Verificação de Aeronavegabilidade] of the plane. Anyway, on the 1st, I met Pedro in the morning, he said hello. From there I went about my business and never saw Pedro again. Later I texted him, he didn’t answer. On Monday I went to do my thing, I texted him again, he didn’t answer. [Pensei:] ‘wow, what’s going on?’ Then I learned that neither he nor the plane were there. And that he was going out with a third person who I don’t know, I don’t know who that third person is,” Daniel said on TV.
The case came to light after the pilot’s mother, Maria Eugenia Buta, found his lack of contact strange. She told the TV station that she spoke to her son via WhatsApp on Sunday 1st. “Until then I thought he was in Bahia. Because, thinking to protect me from worries, he did not inform me that he was in Venezuela,” she said.
Afterwards, neither the plane nor Pedro were seen again. Although he went to the neighboring country, there is no trace of the authorization that allows him to enter legally. The suspicion is that he disabled the transponder, an electronic device that allows him to be tracked, before arriving in Venezuela.
The suspicion is reinforced after the pilot’s family receives a conversation between him and Daniel. The messages shown by TV Globo show the two organizing the trip. Pedro tells the businessman: “I’m thinking here… I can land in Rio Branco, refuel and send a plan to any farm on the mission’s route. I approach, turn off the transponder and put my foot forward.” The owner agrees, and the pilot adds: “I’m not even landing. Just enter the circuit, turn off the transponder and continue.” Again, Daniel says “yes.”
When questioned about the exchange of messages, the businessman denied having accepted. “If you go back to this conversation, you will see that it is something else, I put yes, he asked again, and there I put yes. It does not come from the plane’s transponder.” According to him, the conversations will be handed over to the Federal Police.
To the EarthThe Brazilian Air Force (FAB) reported that the last flight plan registration of the aircraft registered PP-ICO was made on August 17, departing Boa Vista (RR) at 8:17 a.m. and bound for Fazenda Flores, in Amajari (RR). However, the aircraft’s signal was lost when it entered airspace without radar coverage. Additionally, there are no records of new takeoffs of PP-ICO by the operator.
According to the FAB, the search for information about a possible flight or incident involving the plane and the pilot began after the pilot’s mother contacted them last Wednesday, 4. “At this time, there is not enough information to be able to carry out searches by air.” The search for further information continues.
“Mr. Daniel Seabra says he spent Sunday in Caicara with Pedro. And he speaks calmly. Then, on Monday, Pedro took the plane and disappeared. Did anyone see Pedro take the plane? How can a person take a plane and no one sees, on a farm, that it is taking off? I need it, I have to find my son,” Maria Eugenia says on TV.
The report states that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Brazilian Embassy in Caracas, clarifies that it is monitoring the case, providing consular assistance to the Brazilian’s family and is in contact with local authorities.
The Federal Police did not respond to a request for information on the case.
Source: Terra
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