A plane with capacity for dozens of passengers crashed on Friday in a rural area of the Brazilian state of Saint Paul.
The airline Veopass confirmed that the plane, with capacity for 68 people and that was carrying out the flight 2283, The plane was carrying 62 people, of which four were crew members. The airline also stated that the reasons for the accident are currently unknown and that the investigation is continuing to determine what happened.
Videos on social media show the plane making several turns in the air before crashing. According to the specialist website Flightradar, the plane had made two more flights during the morning before the accident occurred.
Where did the plane crash?
The local fire department confirmed that the accident occurred in the city of Vineyardaccording to local media G1, in the residential complex Flowery Recanto.
As confirmed by the airline, Voepass Airlinesit was a turboprop aircraft model ATR-72 that covered the route Cascavel – Guarulhos.
How many survivors are there?
There is no information yet on the number of victims either wounded. The president of Brazil, Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silvaasked people at an event in southern Brazil to stand up and have a minute of silence due to the plane crash. “It seems that everyone died”Lula said.
The first emergency call came at 13:28 local time in Joao Edueta Street, near the route Miguel Melhado de Campos, and seven emergency units were immediately mobilized to the site, including firefighters, members of the Civil Protection unit and the Military Police.
Also, the nearby hospitals Vinhedo and Valinhos are located in alert waiting of the first wounded.
Source: Ambito
