The plane, an ATR-72 propeller plane with 58 passengers and four crew members on board, was traveling between the city of Cascavel and Sao Paulo. The plane crashed in the Vinhedo area.
A plane with 62 people on board crashed in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo on Friday, according to initial information from local authorities and the airline itself.
According to the Sao Paulo Fire Department, the incident occurred around 1:25 p.m. (local time). The plane crashed in the Vinhedo area.
The airline VOEPASS air lines explained in a statement that on board the device a propeller plane model ATR-72There were 58 passengers and four crew members on board.
The mayor’s office of the Brazilian city Valinhoswhose firefighters participated in the rescue efforts of the accident victims, has reported that there are no survivors among the 62 occupants of the plane.
According to sources from the mayor’s office, firefighters have stopped rescue operations because no survivors have been found.
Although the plane crashed in a residential area in the neighbouring town of Vinhedo, firefighters from other municipalities also took part in the rescue efforts.
Vinhedo authorities said the plane fell in the backyards of some homes in an urbanization in that town, but that no buildings were hit and that there were no casualties among those on the ground.
The plane was traveling between the city of Cascavel and Sao Paulo. Videos posted on social networks show the plane falling while turning around itself, before crashing with a loud roar and very close to some houses.
According to the specialized website Flightradar, it concerns the plane had made two more flights in the morning this Friday before he crashed.
The President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaregretted the crash of the plane and asked for a minute of silence for the victims. The Brazilian president learned of the accident as he was preparing to give a speech at an event in the municipality of Itajai, in the state of Santa Catarina, and he interrupted the event to regret the incident.
“I have to bring very bad news and I would like to ask everyone to stand up and observe a minute of silence, because a plane has just crashed in the city of Vinhedo, in São Paulo, with 58 passengers and 4 crew members. It seems that they have all died,” Lula told those present.
Source: EITB
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