Dense jungle hampers Brazil plane crash rescuers

Search crews were lowered by ropes from helicopters through dense jungle searched the wreckage of a Brazilian jetliner that apparently clipped an executive jet and slammed into the ground in the Amazon rain forest, probably killing all 155 people aboard.

It would be Brazil’s worst air disaster if all 149 passengers and six crew aboard Gol airlines Flight 1907 are confirmed dead. The jungle where the Boeing 737-800 went down is so dense that crews had to cut down trees yesterday to clear a space to allow helicopters to land.