The plane crashed on Friday into a residential area in the town of Vinhedo, about 80 km northwest of the city of São PauloHalf of the bodies that remained in the wreckage of the plane have already been removed and recognition tasks have begun.
Many were “charred” due to the fire that the fuselage suffered after the impact, which makes it difficult to determine the identity of the victims, among whom are four crew members. So far They only identified the pilot and co-pilot, according to the mayor.Dario Pacheco.
Some 200 personnel are working on the tasks although the persistent rain since Friday night is adding to the difficulty of the work. It is expected that “by the end of the day all the bodies will have been removed,” said Carlos Palhares, director of the National Institute of Criminalistics of the Federal Police, at the scene.
Tragedy in Brazil: an investigation has been opened
The aircraft departed from Cascavel bound for Guarulhos Airport, in São Paulo, carrying On board 57 passengers and four crew membersaccording to the company VoePass Linhas Aéreas, formerly known as Passaredo. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared three days of mourning in the country.
It has not yet been determined how the accident occurred. The Brazilian Air Force reported that the aircraft lost contact with radar at 13:22 (local time) and that The crew at no time “declared an emergency or were under adverse weather conditions.”
As part of the investigation led by the Brazilian Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Cenipa), its experts in Brasilia are analyzing information from the black boxes containing recordings of the cockpit and flight data.
“This important information will tell us what happened in this tragic event,” said Brigadier Marcelo Moreno, head of Cenipa.
They were saved by a miracle: the story of three passengers who did not get on the fatal flight
After the tragedy became known, stories came to light of at least three people who did not board the plane for different reasons.
Adriano Assis, one of the passengers who missed the flightwho shared his experience in an interview with TV Globo straight from the airport. “When I arrived, I was waiting for the flight, but neither the arrivals and departures board nor the announcements over the microphones offered any information. There was also no VoePass staff at the counter,” Assis began his story.
“At around 10:40,” he continued, “a VoePass employee informed me that I could no longer board because there was less than an hour left until departure. “Although I argued with him, in the end that decision was the one that saved my life,” he said, moved. After learning of the tragic accident, Assis sought out the employee who prevented him from boarding to give him a hug, acknowledging that he was “just doing his job.”
In addition to Assis, two other passengers shared with local news portal CGN that they also felt disoriented at Cascavel airport and were ultimately not allowed to board. At the time, they confessed to feeling frustrated at not being able to get on the plane, but that anger soon turned to relief.“I was born again,” said one of them.
Source: Ambito
