A Brazilian airliner with 155 aboard went missing Friday night in Amazon after a mid-air collision with a small aircraft, the airline company and aviation authorities said.
The Boeing-737 plane with Brazilian airline Gol disappeared from the radar screen after colliding with an executive jet in the Amazon region, Globo news agency reported.
The small plane managed to land with damaged wing, the report said.
The Gol flight 1907 left the northern Manaus city in the afternoon but did not arrive in Brasilia as scheduled, Globo reported.
Search and rescue aircraft and personnel have been sent out to locate the airliner's whereabouts.
(Xinhua News Agency September 30, 2006)
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