Authorities have confirmed a pilot found dead after flying a plane that crashed carrying 200kg of SpaceX-branded cocaine, is Australian.

Police in Brazil discovered the wreckage of the light plane in a sugarcane field in Coruripe, on the coast of the Alagoas region, and confirmed the body of the dead pilot found nearby is that of 46-year-old Timothy J Clark.

Mr Clark, who was carrying identification confirming his nationality, was flying the plane when it crashed at around 1.30pm on Sunday, in a renowned international drug route, according to local media outlet Gazeta .

The plane is registered in the African nation of Zambia, but is believed to have been hangared in Brazil for the last two years.

No details of the journey had been logged with Brazilian authorities, and the destinatio

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