A plane with 58 passengers and four crew members on board crashed in the state of Sao Paulo in Brazil, Brazilian media reported. The local fire department confirmed that the accident occurred in the city of Vinhedo, according to the G1 portal, in the Recanto Florido residential complex, and shortly after, the Prefecture reported that there were no survivors.
Brazilian television network GloboNews showed images of a large area in flames and smoke coming from what appeared to be the fuselage of the plane. All the people died.
Other images from GloboNews showed a plane spiraling downwards, while one user shared flames and thick black smoke coming from the plane, which had crashed metres from his home, among the trees.
Nathalie Cicari, one of the neighbors, spoke with CNN Brazil that the moment was “terrifying.”
“I was having lunch, I heard a very loud noise very close to me, I thought it was a drone,” but “much louder,” he began to narrate about the seconds before the accident. “I went out to the balcony and saw the plane spinning in a whirlpool. In seconds I realized that it was not a normal movement for a plane. I only had time to crouch down and, like they do in the movies, pray. That was when I heard the enormous noise of the fall (and saw) the black smoke rising,” he added.
According to the airline, VOEPASS Linhas Aéreas, the plane was an ATR-72 turboprop aircraft that was flying from Cascavel to Guarulhos. This model has the capacity to carry 68 passengers, although it was not fully loaded.
Aviation website Flightradar said the plane had made two more flights in the morning before crashing.
Shortly after the news broke, VOEPASS Linhas Aéreas issued a statement confirming the incident on “flight 2283 – PS – VPB aircraft” and stating that it “used all means to support those involved.”
The town of Vinhedo, with about 76,000 inhabitants, is located about 80 kilometers northwest of Sao Paulo.
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2024-08-14 03:53:59