The incident occurred on approach to São Paulo airport, with 62 people on board.
The tragic accident of the ATR 72-500 aircraft occurred today in Brazil in the city of Valinhos on the outskirts of São Paulo. A fourteen-year-old turboprop operated by Voepass Linhas Aéreas crashed on approach to a local airport. It was a flight from the city of Cascavel to São Paulo.
The local media reported on the event, a number of shots ended up on social networks. One of the videos shows that the plane was practically in free fall. The plane crashed in a populated area. Data on the number of dead and injured are not yet known, considering the footage of the burning plane, it is more than likely that the accident killed passengers and possibly people on the ground. According to the carrier, there were 58 passengers and four crew members on board.
The information about the death of the people on board the crashed plane was also indirectly confirmed by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who asked for a minute’s silence in their memory at a public event, the CNN Brasil server reported. “They all seem to have died, so I’m asking for a minute’s silence for the victims,” said the president. The accident was confirmed by the local town hall.
It was an aircraft with registration PS-VPB, which is 14 years old. The progress of the flight can be followed on Flightradar24.com. In the place where the accident happened, an icing warning was issued during the flight.
Voepass is a regional airline that connects smaller cities in Brazil with larger hubs. The carrier operates 14 ATR aircraft.
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