Brazil — A passenger plane with 61 people aboard crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday
killing all aboard and leaving a smoldering wreck
Officials gave no immediate word on any casualties on the ground at the site of the crash in the city of Vinhedo
but witnesses at the scene said there were no victims among residents of the neighborhood
The airline VOEPASS said that the ATR 72-500 twin-engine turboprop was headed for Sao Paulo’s international airport Guarulhos with 57 passengers and 4 crew members aboard when it crashed in Vinhedo
A prior statement had said there were 58 passengers
“The company regrets to inform that all 61 people on board flight 2283 died at the site,” VOEPASS said in a statement
VOEPASS is prioritizing provision of unrestricted assistance to the victims’ families and effectively collaborating with authorities to determine the causes of the accident.”
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asked the crowd to stand and observe a minute of silence as he shared the news
military police and civil defense authority dispatched teams to the location
Sao Paulo’s public security secretary Guilherme Derrite spoke to reporters and confirmed that no survivors were found
He also said the plane’s black box was found
“I thought it was going to fall in our yard,” a resident and witness who gave her name only as Ana Lucia told reporters near the crash site
but thank God there were no victims among the locals
It seems that the 62 people inside the plane were the real victims
Video obtained by The Associated Press from a bystander and verified shows at least two bodies strewn about flaming pieces of wreckage
Brazilian television network GloboNews showed aerial footage of an area with smoke coming out of an obliterated plane fuselage
Additional footage on GloboNews earlier showed the plane drifting downward in a flat spin
Flightradar24 said data sent from the plane indicated it was diving at 8,000 to 24,000 feet per minute in the last 60 seconds of the flight
The Brazilian air force’s center for the investigation and prevention of air accidents said in a statement that pilots didn’t respond to calls from air traffic control in Sao Paulo
nor did they call for help or say they were operating under adverse weather conditions
Brazil’s Federal Police said it already had begun its investigation
and is dispatching specialists in plane crashes and the identification of disaster victims to help
VOEPASS staff at the Guarulhos airport told the AP that the company is notifying victims’ family members and supporting them at a private room in the airport
said in a statement that it had been informed that the accident involved the ATR 72-500
and said company specialists are “fully engaged to support both the investigation and the customer.”
The ATR 72 generally is used on shorter flights
The planes are built by a joint venture of Airbus in France and Italy’s Leonardo S.p.A
Crashes involving various models of the ATR 72 have resulted in 470 deaths going back to the 1990s
according to a database of the Aviation Safety Network
The Yeti Airlines crash that killed 72 in Nepalin January 2023 was an ATR 72-500
an accidental positioning of both propellers in the feathered position
The Capela neighborhood where the plane crashed Friday sits in a district far from the center of the prosperous city that’s home to 77,000 residents
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A passenger plane carrying 62 people crashed in Vinhedo
with dramatic footage from the scene showing the plane’s destroyed fuselage in flames on the ground
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A regional plane carrying 61 people crashed Friday in a residential neighborhood in Brazil
At a briefing Friday afternoon
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said
"I have to be the bearer of really bad news," and called for a minute of silence to honor those aboard the plane that crashed in Vinhedo
In a social media post
a regional airline based in São Paulo state
It said 57 passengers and four crew members were on board
An earlier statement said the plane was carrying 58 passengers
Some of the passengers were doctors from Paraná heading to a seminar
"These were people who were used to saving lives
and now they've lost theirs in such tragic circumstances," he said
a Brazilian city near the country’s southern border with Paraguay and Argentina
and was headed to São Paulo's main international airport
FlightAware data indicated the plane
local time and was scheduled to land just before 2 p.m
said one home in the local condominium complex was damaged but none of the residents were injured
3 people refused entry to planeBrazil's UOL news channel reported at least three passengers were refused entry to the plane before it took off from the city of Cascavel in the state of Parana
"I missed my plane and the plane that I missed was the one that crashed
Did you see the news?" one of the lucky passengers
can be seen emotionally telling his daughter in a video posted on UOL and social media
"It's a good thing," Silva de Assis goes on to say
Brazilian media sources reported the passengers were initially angry with airline staff for refusing them entry to the flight
UOL also interviewed a neighbor of the property where the plane crashed
who told the station he thought the pilot was attempting to divert it away from homes as it fell from the sky
but it looked like the pilot wanted to miss the homes
so he flew into the gated community," gardener Gildo Pacheco told the station
Pacheco said he heard loud noises coming from above and went outside where he saw the plane descending in a corkscrew pattern
He told his mother they should take cover in the basement but watched as the plane crashed into an adjacent neighborhood
Pacheco then heard a loud explosion when the plane hit the ground
followed by another explosion a few minutes later
The government of São Paulo state said on social media civil defense and public security officials mobilized in Vinhedo’s Capela neighborhood to respond to the crash
local time and seven teams were immediately sent to the scene
Local hospitals were prepared to assist any patients
“My solidarity to all victims and those affected by this tragedy,” São Paulo state Gov. Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas said in a social media post
The Associated Press reported Brazilian officials closed the entrance to the residential neighborhood where the plane crashed
who leads Brazil's aviation incident investigation center
cautioned in a news briefing it was still too early to determine the cause of the crash but shared an early glimpse into the investigation
the aircraft did not reach out to traffic control reporting an emergency," Moreno said
Voepass chief operations officer Marcel Moura said at a news briefing Friday that ice had been predicted at the altitudes the plane was flying at
that could be a starting point," Moura added
had been deemed operational before takeoff
Sao Paulo state official Guilherme Derrite said the plane's "black box" was recovered and it seemed to be intact
The plane's manufacturer, ATR, released a statement Friday that said it was informed of the crash
"Our first thoughts are with all the individuals affected by this event
The ATR specialists are fully engaged to support both the investigation and the customer," the company wrote
A video shared by the site BNO news showed a plane
spinning out of control as it plunged behind a cluster of trees near houses
Nearby resident Daniel de Lima heard a loud noise before looking outside his condo in Vinhedo and saw the plane in a horizontal spiral
but it wasn't moving forward," he told Reuters
Footage posted on the news outlet UOL showed the airplane broken into pieces and still aflame between red tile roofs and trees in the Vinhedo neighborhood
Jaafar El-Awady, a professor of mechanical engineering at Johns Hopkins University
told USA TODAY he was stunned by videos showing how the plane tumbled from the sky
It looks more like a rock was falling out of the sky,” El-Awady said
an airplane must stay above a certain speed
Pilots are trained to maneuver out of a stall
but if a plane has suffered critical damage
Since the aircraft that crashed Friday had two engines
if just one failed and there was no other damage
El-Awady said the pilot should have still been able to fly and land
As an aerospace engineer who champions the safety of air travel
“We have a lot more to do to ensure that these incidents don’t happen again,” he said
According to the Aviation Safety Network, three of the deadliest airplane crashes in South America have occurred in Brazil
The network is a service of the Flight Safety Foundation
an international nonprofit focused on aviation safety research and advocacy
Less than a year earlier, a domestic passenger flight and business jet collided mid-air, the Aviation Safety Network said. All 154 people aboard the Boeing 737 died, while the seven jet passengers survived.
And in the summer of 1982, in what the Aviation Safety Network said was the second worst accident that year, an airplane captain inadvertently descended far below 5,000 feet while he was distracted by bright city lights of Fortaleza, despite two altitude alerts and the co-pilot’s warning of mountains ahead, according to the network. The flight he was piloting struck a wooded mountainside at 1,950 feet
by ALEXX ALTMAN-DEVILBISS | The National Desk
SAO PAULO (TND) — Sixty-one people are dead after a fiery plane crash in a residential area of a city in Brazil's Sao Paulo
according to the airline that operated the flight
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva posted a video on X and asked for a minute of silence for the victims while confirming they all appeared to have died
initially said the death total was 62 but later clarified the figure
The airline Voepass confirmed in a statement that the plane was headed for Sao Paulo’s international airport Guarulho.
No information has been provided about what caused the incident.
Firefighters, military police and the civil defense authority dispatched teams to the crash site in Vinhedo. Authorities sealed off the entrance to the residential area where the plane went down, as journalists waited outside for updates.
Brazilian television network GloboNews showed aerial footage of an area on fire with smoke coming out of an obliterated plane fuselage. Additional footage on GloboNews earlier showed the plane drifting downward vertically, spiraling as it fell.
The plane is an ATR 72-500, manufactured by French-Italian ATR. The company told The Associated Press in a statement that it had been informed of the accident involved that model of plane and company specialists are “fully engaged to support both the investigation and the customer.”
The plane departed from Cascavel, in the state of Parana.
____Editor's note: The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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VoePass Flight 2283The recovery followed the August 9 plane crash in Vinhedo
The deceased include 58 passengers and four crew members
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Brazil’s Voepass Flight 2283 was a twin-engine “turboprop” or turbo propeller aircraft manufactured by ATR. The latter is an aircraft manufacturer, particularly for regional aviation, resulting from a partnership between Airbus and Leonardo
Videos taken on August 9 show the aircraft slowly spiraling downward before it seemingly nosedived in Vinhedo, Brazil, an area in São Paulo. The New York Times relayed that the current theory surrounding the crash is that ice formed on the plane
lessening the aircraft’s aerodynamics
Amid public speculation following the tragedy
Brazilian aviation expert Lito Sousa noted that there could be more to the story
“Analyzing an air crash just with images can lead to wrong conclusions about the causes,” Sousa shared with the Associated Press
“But we can see a plane with loss of support
there’s no way to reclaim control of the plane.”
Family members of the deceased were asked to bring medical documentation into the area’s police-restricted morgues for the identification effort
X-rays and dental records were of those requested
Another way authorities moved to quickly identify the deceased was reportedly through blood tests
The flight’s 17,000-foot descent is being investigated
The tragic descent was a less than two-hour drive from its destination at São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport
The plane crash injured no one on the ground
Authorities also recovered the plane’s two black boxes
Brazil’s Minister of Ports and Airports
reportedly told journalists that there was no record of the pilots contacting regional airport controllers in distress
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Brazil (AP) — Brazilian rescue teams Saturday retrieved the remains of all 62 passengers from the wreckage of a plane crash in Sao Paulo state as families started gathering in the metropolis to identify and bury their loved ones
was headed for Sao Paulo’s international airport in Guarulhos with 58 passengers and four crew members
READ MORE: Plane crashes in fiery wreck in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 people aboard
the company said its plane had 62 passengers
then it revised the number to 61 and early on Saturday it raised the figure once again after it found a passenger named Constantino Thé Maia was not on its original list
Voepass also said three passengers who held Brazilian identification also carried Venezuelan documents and one had Portuguese
Sao Paulo state government said in a statement that rescue operations finished at 6:30 p.m
with the identification of the bodies of the pilot and co-pilot by forensics experts
There were 34 male and 28 female bodies in the wreckage
told journalists in Vinhedo that a winch was used to remove parts of the plane from the ground
Brazilian authorities began transferring the corpses to the morgue Friday
and called on victims’ family members to bring any medical
X-ray and dental exams to help identify the bodies
Blood tests were also done to help identification efforts
Images recorded by witnesses showed the aircraft in a flat spin and plunging vertically before smashing to the ground inside a gated community
and leaving an obliterated fuselage consumed by fire
Residents said there were no injuries on the ground
A drone view shows people working at the site of a plane crash in Vinhedo
Rain drizzled down on rescue workers as they recovered the first bodies from the scene in the chill of the Southern Hemisphere’s winter
Some residents of the gated community silently left to spend the night elsewhere
It was the world’s deadliest airline crash since January 2023, when 72 people died on board a Yeti Airlines plane in Nepal that stalled and crashed while making its landing approach
one of Brazil’s most renowned meteorological companies
said Friday there were reports of severe icing in Sao Paulo state around the time of the crash
Local media cited experts pointing to icing as a potential cause for the accident
A video shared on social media channels Saturday shows a Voepass pilot telling passengers of a flight from Guarulhos to the city of Cascavel
that the ATR 72 has flown safely around the world for decades
He also asked passengers to be respectful to the memory of his colleagues and the company and asked for prayers
I have known all the crew from long ago,” the unidentified pilot said
This tragedy doesn’t hit only those who perished in this accident
all our best to be here and fulfill our mission to take you safely and comfortably to your destination.”
Local police restricted access to the main entrance of one of Sao Paulo’s morgues
where bodies from the crash were being identified
Some family members of the victims arrived on foot
and local authorities requested they not be filmed as they came
A flight bringing more family members from Paraná state landed in the afternoon at Guarulhos international airport São Paulo
and they also chose not to speak to journalists
A minivan sponsored by the airline was set to transport them to the morgue
Many family members were gathering at a hotel in downtown Sao Paulo
so far refusing to speak to media there too
An American Eagle ATR 72-200 crashed on Oct
and the United States National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause was ice buildup while the plane was circling in a holding pattern
The plane rolled at about 8,000 feet and dove into the ground
Federal Aviation Administration issued operating procedures for ATRs and similar planes
telling pilots not to use the autopilot in icing conditions
But Brazilian aviation expert Lito Sousa cautioned that meteorological conditions alone might not be enough to explain why the plane fell in the manner that it did on Friday
“Analyzing an air crash just with images can lead to wrong conclusions about the causes,” Sousa told the AP by phone
“But we can see a plane with loss of support
there’s no way to reclaim control of the plane.”
Brazil’s air force said Saturday both black boxes of the plane had been sent to its analysis laboratory in the capital Brasilia
The results of its investigations are expected to be published within 30 days
they were within acceptable levels for the aircraft
Carlos Henrique Baldi of the Brazilian air force’s center for the investigation and prevention of air accidents
told reporters in a late afternoon press conference that it was still too early to confirm whether ice caused the crash
The plane is “certified in several countries to fly in severe icing conditions
where the impact of ice is more significant,” said Baldi
who heads the center’s investigation division
the center said the plane’s pilots did not call for help or say they were operating under adverse weather conditions
There has been no evidence that the pilots tried to contact controllers of regional airports
Ports and Airports Minister Silvio Costa Filho told reporters Friday night in Vinhedo
Brazil’s Federal Police said it began its own investigation
and dispatched specialists in plane crashes and the identification of disaster victims
French-Italian plane manufacturer ATR said in a statement that it had been informed that the accident involved its ATR 72-500 model
and that company specialists are “fully engaged to support both the investigation and the customer.”
The ATR 72 is generally used on shorter flights
Crashes involving various models of the ATR 72 have resulted in 470 deaths going back to the 1990s, according to a database of the Aviation Safety Network
said the air force’s center will also conduct a criminal probe of the accident
“We will investigate so this case is fully explained to the Brazilian people,” he said
Sá Pessoa reported from Sao Paulo and Koenig from Dallas
AP videojournalist Tatiana Pollastri contributed to this report
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SAO PAULO (AP) — The pilots of a Brazilian passenger plane that crashed last month
reported failure in the system to remove ice from the plane
according to a preliminary report made public Friday
Investigators in Brazil were careful to avoid saying this was the cause of the accident
and stressed there was more work to be done
their report lent further credence to aviation experts' main hypothesis: that the lift loss had been caused by ice formation on the plane's wings and failure of its de-icing system
Weather reports from the day of the accident predicted ice formation in the region where the plane went down
Audio from the cockpit's voice recorder included comments from pilots indicating ice was accumulating and there was a failure in the de-icing system
an investigator in the the air force's center for the investigation and prevention of air accidents
The plane's data recorder also indicated that its de-icing system
responsible for preventing ice build-up on wings
not in the conditions in which the plane was flying and was being operated
It had protection equipment," said Carlos Henrique Baldin
head of the center's investigation division
bound for Sao Paulo's Guarulhos international airport
It crashed into the backyard of a home in a gated community in the city of Vinhedo
about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of the metropolis of Sao Paulo
Footage of the ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop plunging while in a flat spin horrified people across Brazil
it isn't possible to conclusively affirm that ice on the wings caused the accident
but there are indications ice formation was a significant contributing factor," Henrique Hacklaender
the president of the national aviators' union
told The Associated Press after the press conference
Hacklaender said the ATR 72's de-icing system is manually controlled by pilots
and the preliminary report reveals that it was activated during the flight
the report doesn't clarify if the system was actually employed
is continuing its investigation into the cause of the accident with no set deadline for conclusions
They're also collaborating with an ongoing Federal Police inquiry to determine if anyone is liable for the crash
Its model 72 is generally used on shorter flights
The planes are built by a joint venture of Airbus in France and Italy's Leonardo S.p.A
It was the deadliest airline crash since January 2023
when 72 people died on board a Yeti Airlines plane in Nepal that stalled and crashed while making its landing approach
National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause was ice buildup while the plane was circling in a holding pattern
The plane rolled at about 8,000 feet (2,500 meters) and dove into the ground
Federal Aviation Administration issued operating procedures for ATRs and similar planes telling pilots not to use the autopilot in icing conditions
as warning notices were issued that day for severe icing in the region.There have been multiple cases where pilots lost control of an ATR plane following reports of the formation of ice on the aircraft.The lawmakers also plan to visit Voepass' maintenance hub in Sao Paulo state and examine the codeshare agreement between Voepass and LATAM
Padovani said.Reporting by Gabriel Araujo; Editing by David Holmes and Aurora Ellis
Gabriel is a Sao Paulo, Brazil-based reporter covering Latin America's financial and breaking news from the region's largest economy. A graduate of the University of Sao Paulo, joined Reuters while in college as a Commodities & Energy intern and has been with the firm ever since. Previously covered sports - including soccer and Formula One - for Brazilian radios and websites.
while a mother embraced her son.The stalled plane fell without any forward movement
barely damaging one home in the housing complex where it landed
the chief of Sao Paulo's Identification Bureau told Reuters.“It was the first time I saw a plane hit the ground like that
it didn't slide at all,” Freire said.Reporting by Luciana Magalhaes and Gabriel Araujo in Sao Paulo and Allison Lampert in Montreal; Editing by Christian Plumb and Aurora Ellis
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Brazil (AP) — A passenger plane with 61 people aboard crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday
The airline earlier had reported that 62 people were aboard the flight that crashed in Vinhedo
about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Sao Paulo
“The company regrets to inform that all 61 people on board flight 2283 died at the site,” VOEPASS said in a statement
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At an event in southern Brazil, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asked the crowd to stand and observe a minute of silence as he shared the news.
Firefighters, military police and the civil defense authority dispatched teams to the crash site in Vinhedo. Authorities sealed off the entrance to the residential area where the plane went down, as journalists outside watched as official vehicles including ambulances drove in and waited for updates.
“I thought it was going to fall in our yard,” a resident and witness who gave her name only as Ana Lucia told reporters near the crash site. “It was scary, but thank God there were no victims among the locals. It seems that the 62 people inside the plane were the real victims, though.”
Video obtained by The Associated Press from a bystander and verified shows at least two bodies strewn about flaming pieces of wreckage.
Brazilian television network GloboNews showed aerial footage of an area with smoke coming out of an obliterated plane fuselage. Additional footage on GloboNews earlier showed the plane drifting downward vertically, spiraling as it fell.
The Brazilian air force’s center for the investigation and prevention of air accidents said in a statement it has a team en route to the crash site. In a separate statement, Brazil’s Federal Police said it already had begun its investigation, and is dispatching specialists in plane crashes and the identification of disaster victims to help.
VOEPASS staff at the Guarulhos airport told the AP that the company is notifying victims’ family members and supporting them at a private room in the airport, but didn’t specify how many victims.
The plane is an ATR 72-500 twin-engine turboprop, according to FlightRadar24, a flight tracking website, though VOEPASS didn’t immediately confirm that.
That plane’s manufacturer, French-Italian ATR, said in a statement that it had been informed that the accident involved that model of plane, and said company specialists are “fully engaged to support both the investigation and the customer.”
The ATR 72 generally is used on shorter flights. The planes are built by a joint venture of Airbus in France and Italy’s Leonardo S.p.A. Crashes involving various models of the ATR 72 have resulted in 470 deaths going back to the 1990s, according to a database of the Aviation Safety Network.
The Capela neighborhood where the plane crashed sits in a district far from the center of the prosperous city that’s home to 77,000 residents.
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2024 3:49 PM EDTA passenger plane carrying 61 people crashed outside of São Paulo on Friday
The airline said in a statement on its website that flight 2283 was on its way to São Paulo’s international airport Guarulhos from Cascavel when it crashed in Vinhedo
Here’s everything we know about the incident so far
There were 57 passengers and four crew members on the plane
The airline had previously said that there were 62 people on board
Voepass said it was prioritizing providing assistance to the victims’ families and working with authorities to determine what had caused the crash
At an event on Friday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that it appeared that everyone on board had died before it was confirmed by the airline
He asked everyone at the event to stand up to observe a minute of silence for the people on the flight
Voepass said officials haven’t confirmed what caused the crash. The plane, which took off around 11:50 a.m. local time, lost signal around 1:30 p.m. time, before the crash, according to reports. It was scheduled to land around 2:00 p.m., according to FlightAware
which showed the plane spiraling in the air before hitting the ground and then a black plume of smoke billowing up
Other footage from the outlet showed the fiery wreck
The plane appears to have crashed in a residential neighborhood
O governador de São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, que estava em reunião com governadores no Espírito Santo, está a caminho de Vinhedo (SP), onde um avião com 62 pessoas a bordo caiu. Em conversa com @AndreiaSadi, Tarcísio informou que irá montar um gabinete de crise conjunto com o… pic.twitter.com/Qe9eEr4O1M
The plane’s manufacturer, ATR, said in a statement on its website that it was aware of the accident: “Our first thoughts are with all the individuals affected by this event
The ATR specialists are fully engaged to support both the investigation and the customer.”
São Paulo officials said in a press release that an advanced command post was set up about 100 meters from the scene
and that firefighters had put out a blaze at the crash site
The government had dispatched officials from various departments to assist in identifying and collecting bodies
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Officials gave no immediate word on any casualties on the ground in the city of Vinhedo, about 50 miles northwest of São Paulo, but witnesses said there were no victims among neighborhood residents.
The airline Voepass said that the ATR 72-500 twin-engine turboprop was headed for São Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport with 57 passengers and four crew members aboard when it crashed in Vinhedo.
The company said it was prioritizing “unrestricted assistance to the victims’ families and effectively collaborating with authorities to determine the causes of the accident.”
Firefighters, military police and the civil defense authority dispatched teams to the crash site. São Paulo’s public security secretary, Guilherme Derrite, spoke to reporters and confirmed that no survivors were found. He also said the plane’s “black box” data recorder was found, apparently intact.
“I thought it was going to fall in our yard,” a resident who gave her name only as Ana Lucia told reporters near the crash site. “It was scary, but thank God there were no victims among the locals. It seems that the [61] people inside the plane were the real victims, though.”
Video obtained by the Associated Press from a bystander and verified shows at least two bodies near flaming pieces of wreckage.
Brazilian TV network GloboNews showed aerial video of an area on fire with smoke coming out of an obliterated plane fuselage. Additional video on Globo- News earlier showed the plane drifting downward vertically, spiraling as it fell.
Savarese and Sá Pessoa write for the Associated Press. AP videojournalist Tatiana Pollastri contributed from Vinhedo. AP writer David Koenig contributed from Dallas.
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A regional turboprop plane carrying 62 people crashed near Sao Paulo in Brazil on Friday
Video shared on social media showed what appeared to be the ATR-made plane spinning out of control as it plunged down behind a cluster of trees near houses
said there were no survivors and only one home in the local condominium complex had been damaged while none of the residents were hurt
Brazil -- Brazilian rescue teams Saturday retrieved the remains of all 62 victims from the wreckage of a plane crash in Sao Paulo state as families started gathering in the metropolis to identify and bury their loved ones
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The twin-engine turboprop plane was flying from Cascavel in Brazil's southern state of Parano to Sao Paulo State
when footage shows it spinning out of control
and crashing into a residential gated community in the city of Vinhedo
says the ATR72 propeller plane was bound for Vinhedo
80 kilometers to the northwest of Sao Paulo International Airport
No one on the ground in the area where it came down was injured or killed
was in good operating condition prior to the crash
has been recovered and is being examined as well as assessed by experts.
French-Italian plane manufacturer ATR confirmed their specialists are cooperating and assisting in the investigation.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva has announced three days of national mourning.
Parana State Governor Ratinaho Junior says many of the passengers were doctors from this area going to a medical Convention
A key part of the investigation will be analysis of footage obtained by GloboNews
which shows the plane going out of control into a spin and then a vertical dive before it hits the ground
Debris was scattered over a wide area.
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A Turboprop aircraft with 58 passengers and four crew members, totaling 62 people on board, crashed into a condominium in the Capela neighborhood, in Vinhedo (SP), early in the afternoon of this Friday (9) while operating flight 2283
There are no survivors as declared by the authorities
the victims were on a turboprop passenger plane
which left Cascavel (PR) at 11:58 am bound for Guarulhos (SP)
VoePass (LATAM) issued an official statement informing that they still do not know the cause of the crash
"The flight took off without any operational restrictions," the statement said
"VOEPASS has activated all means to support those involved
There is still no confirmation of how the accident occurred," the company reported
powered by Pratt & Whitney PW127F engines
which is equivalent to approximately 237 km/h
May not be a contributory factor to this accident
but there was an "active warning for severe icing" between 12,000 feet and 21,000 feet
while the aircraft was flying at FL170 just before the crash
The City of Vinhedo reported that there were no survivors of the accident
The government of São Paulo says it is sending reinforcements to the site
"The Superintendence of Technical-Scientific Police (SPTC)
the Civil and Military Police are mobilized to rescue the victims
Teams from the Legal Medical Institute (IML) and those responsible for collecting bodies were also sent to reinforce the work"
According to Vinhedo's Security Secretary
the aircraft crashed near a residence with residents inside
The National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) regretted the accident and said it will monitor
"the provision of assistance to victims and their families by the company
as well as adopting the necessary measures to investigate the situation of the aircraft and crew."
The Brazilian Federal Police opened an investigation to investigate the accident
the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) reports that
through the Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center (Cenipa)
it was called to act in the event of the crash of the Passaredo (Voepass) aircraft
registered on the afternoon of this Friday
Investigators from Cenipa and the Fourth Regional Service for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Seripa IV) headed to the site to carry out the Initial Action of the Occurrence.
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Local airline Voepass’ plane, an ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop, was headed for Sao Paulo’s international airport in Guarulhos on Friday with 58 passengers and four crew members, when it went down in the city of Vinhedo.
Initially, the company said its plane had 62 passengers, then it revised the number to 61, and early on Saturday it raised the figure once again after it found a passenger named Constantino Thé Maia was not on its original list.
Voepass also said three passengers who held Brazilian identification also carried Venezuelan documents and one had Portuguese.
Sao Paulo state government said in a statement Saturday that rescue operations finished at 6:30 p.m. local time, with the identification of the bodies of the pilot and co-pilot by forensics experts. There were 34 male and 28 female bodies in the wreckage, the government said.
Brazilian authorities began transferring the corpses to the morgue Friday, and called on victims’ family members to bring any medical, X-ray and dental exams to help identify the bodies. Blood tests were also done to help identification efforts.
A passenger plane crashes into a residential area in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state
Images recorded by witnesses showed the aircraft in a flat spin and plunging vertically before smashing to the ground inside a gated community
Metsul, one of Brazil’s most renowned meteorological companies, said Friday there were reports of severe icing in Sao Paulo state around the time of the crash. Local media cited experts pointing to icing as a potential cause for the accident.
A video shared on social media channels Saturday shows a Voepass pilot telling passengers of a flight from Guarulhos to the city of Cascavel, the same origin of the crashed plane, that the ATR 72 has flown safely around the world for decades. He also asked passengers to be respectful to the memory of his colleagues and the company and asked for prayers.
“It was a fatality. The pilot was my personal friend. I have known all the crew from long ago,” the unidentified pilot said. “We are professionals, we have our families. This tragedy doesn’t hit only those who perished in this accident. It hits all of us.”
Local police restricted access to the main entrance of one of Sao Paulo’s morgues, where bodies from the crash were being identified. Many family members were gathering at a hotel in downtown Sao Paulo.
An American Eagle ATR 72-200 crashed on Oct. 31, 1994, and the United States National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause was ice buildup while the plane was circling in a holding pattern. The plane rolled at about 8,000 feet and dived into the ground, killing all 68 people on board. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued operating procedures for ATRs and similar planes, telling pilots not to use the autopilot in icing conditions.
But Brazilian aviation expert Lito Sousa cautioned that meteorological conditions alone might not be enough to explain why on Friday the plane fell in the manner that it did.
“Analyzing an air crash just with images can lead to wrong conclusions about the causes,” Sousa told the AP by phone. “But we can see a plane with loss of support, no horizontal speed. In this flat spin condition, there’s no way to reclaim control of the plane.”
Brazil’s air force said Saturday both black boxes of the plane had been sent to its analysis laboratory in the capital Brasilia. The results of its investigations are expected to be published within 30 days, it said.
Marcelo Moura, director of operations for Voepass, told reporters Friday night that, while there were forecasts for ice, they were within acceptable levels for the aircraft.
Likewise, Lt. Col. Carlos Henrique Baldi of the Brazilian air force’s center for the investigation and prevention of air accidents, told reporters in a late afternoon news conference that it was still too early to confirm whether ice caused the crash.
The plane is “certified in several countries to fly in severe icing conditions, including in countries unlike ours, where the impact of ice is more significant,” said Baldi, who heads the center’s investigation division.
In an earlier statement, the center said the plane’s pilots did not call for help or say they were operating under adverse weather conditions. Brazil’s Federal Police said it began its own investigation.
French-Italian plane manufacturer ATR said in a statement it was “fully engaged” to support the investigation. The ATR 72, generally used on shorter flights, is built by a joint venture of Airbus in France and Italy’s Leonardo S.p.A.
Associated Press writers Savarese reported from Vinheo, Sá Pessoa from Sao Paulo and Koenig from Dallas. AP videojournalist Tatiana Pollastri contributed to this report.
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Authorities investigating the Brazilian plane crash that killed all 62 on board last week now have the full transcript of the “black box” but its content did not immediately explain the cause of the accident
The transcript from the cockpit voice recorder shows the pilot and co-pilot noticed a steep loss of altitude about one minute before the crash
TV Globo reported in its main newscast Jornal Nacional on Wednesday evening
citing unnamed people working on the investigation
TV Globo did not release the audio nor the transcript
the transcript covers about two hours of audio recording
including a question from the co-pilot to the pilot about what was going on
and saying the plane needed “more power” to be stabilized
an ATR-72 turboprop from local airline Voepass
The crash killed all aboard but no one on the ground was hurt
Video shared on social media right after the accident showed the ATR-72 aircraft spinning out of control as it plunged down behind a cluster of trees near houses
The pilots did not report an emergency or adverse weather conditions
the Brazilian air force said on Friday in a statement
according to people investigating the crash
analysis of the audio alone will not make it possible for now to determine the cause of the crash
TV Globo also said the authorities did not identify any characteristic sounds
although the audio was said to be difficult to listen to
A potential icing issue on the plane’s wing was neither discarded nor confirmed by authorities
Videos of the crash analyzed by aviation experts led some to speculate that ice had built up on the plane
Brazil’s aviation accident investigation centre
could not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment about the TV Globo report outside of regular business hours
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The aircraft involved was an ATR-72 operated by the Brazilian airline Voepass Linhas Aéreas
on August 8 (local time) while en route from Cascavel in Paraná state to Guarulhos in São Paulo state
The crash site is located 80 km northwest of São Paulo city
Videos shared on social media showed the plane losing stability
Authorities reported that no one on the ground was injured
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Two trainee doctors from the Uopeccan Cancer Hospital in Cascavel confirmed among the fatalities
At least eight cancer doctors who were heading to an oncology conference were among dozens killed in a plane crash in Brazil’s Vinhedo on Friday
The ATR 72 twin-engine plane carrying 58 passengers and four crew members was headed for Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos international airport when it nose-dived and crashed in Vinhedo
Emergency crews confirmed on Saturday they had recovered the remains of all 62 victims
including an unaccounted person later found to be on the plane
An official from the Regional Medical Council said he was able to confirm the deaths of the eight doctors
“These doctors were going to an oncology conference
These were people who dedicated their lives to saving others,” said Eduardo Baptistella
He added that a total of 15 doctors were supposed to be travelling to the conference on the flight
but seven of them had taken an earlier service
The Uopeccan Cancer Hospital in Cascavel confirmed to BBC Brasil that two of its trainee doctors were among the fatalities
Parana state governor Ratinho Junior was also quoted as saying at least eight physicians were on board the flight
and that the death toll also included four professors at Unioeste university in western Parana
Rescue workers and Brazilian emergency crews said the bodies of most of the victims – 34 males and 28 females – have been moved to Sao Paulo’s police morgue for identification
The bodies of the pilot and co-pilot were identified earlier on Saturday
The victims include four people with dual citizenship
three Venezuelans and one Portuguese woman
Firefighters at the crash site said officials are using seat assignments
documents and belongings such as mobile phones to identify the victims
Family members of the victims are being taken to Sao Paulo to provide DNA samples to help in the identification of remains
said state civil defence coordinator Henguel Pereira
Four people with dual citizenship were among the victims
which the family was taking to later head to Colombia
Investigators are analysing the plane’s “black box”, said Marcelo Moreno, head of Brazilian aviation accident investigation centre Cenipa, at a press conference in Vinhedo.
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