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Plane with 62 on board crashes and bursts into flame in Brazil (video)

Aug 10, 2024

There are no survivors after a plane carrying 62 people crashed into a residential area in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, local authorities have said. 

Video on social media showed the aircraft falling at speed towards the ground.

Another video broadcast by Brazilian TV station GloboNews shows a large area on fire and smoke appearing to billow from a fuselage after the plane crashed in the municipality of Vinhedo.

Plane with 62 on board crashes and bursts into flame in Brazil (video)
Plane with 62 on board crashes and bursts into flame in Brazil (video)

The airline Voepass has said there were 58 passengers and 4 crew members on board the flight which was on its way from Cascavel in the state of Parana to Guarulhos in Sao Paulo state.

Voepass has not given any indication as to what may have caused the crash. 

Plane with 62 on board crashes and bursts into flame in Brazil (video)

The city hall in Valhinos, a municipality close to Vinhedo, has said there were no survivors.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been speaking at event in the south of the country where he said it appeared that all passengers and crew had died. He did not elaborate on where that information had come from. 

He later asked the crowd to stand and observe a minute of silence for those involved in the crash.

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