All individuals aboard a Voepass airplane have been presumed lifeless after it crashed close to a residential district in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state on Friday.
The plane, which was touring from Cascavel in southern Parana state to Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport, crashed within the metropolis of Vinhedo, in accordance with pictures revealed by native media.
The airline VoePass confirmed in an announcement that the airplane was carrying 58 passengers and 4 crew members. The assertion did not say what prompted the accident.
The plane was listed by flight tracker FlightRadar24 as an ATR 72-500 turboprop. ATR is collectively owned by Airbus and Italian aerospace group Leonardo.
Firefighters confirmed that the airplane fell within the metropolis of Vinhedo, however didn’t provide extra particulars. The firefighter corps was dispatching groups to the crash web site.
Brazilian tv community GloboNews confirmed footage of a big space on hearth and smoke popping out of an obvious airplane fuselage in a residential space full of homes. Additional footage on GloboNews confirmed a airplane drifting downward vertically, spiraling because it fell.
At an occasion in southern Brazil, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva requested the group to face and observe a minute of silence.
Source: www.dailysabah.com