The twin-engine ATR-72 was flying from Cascavel, Paraná state, to Guarulos Airport in Sao Paulo. According to a statement from the Voepass company, 58 travelers and 4 crew members were on board the aircraft.
Videos broadcast by television networks show the uncontrollable spin of the fatal aircraft and its crash into the ground.
STRONG SCENES:
Guys, no chance of survivors…
These videos circulated on Facebook here in the city…
Too sad….
The plane that crashed here, in Vinhedo/SP, was traveling from Cascavel to Guarulhos…
Nearby, there is Viracopos airport…
The company is VOEPASS… pic.twitter.com/CIS9Lg61Wn
— Victor Molino (@victormolinno) August 9, 2024
Brazil: Plane crash – The scenarios that the authorities are considering
According to Brazilian media, the website Flightradar24, which records the flights of most airlines, shared data including an active ice warning between 12,000 and 21,000 feet in the area at the time of the crash.
The aeronaut, Celso Faria de Souza, an air accident expert and head of the Brazilian Aviation Safety Association, confirmed that, judging by photographs of the aircraft, he would expect to find ice that could have formed on its wings.
An ATR 72 passenger plane crashes in Vinhedo, Brazil pic.twitter.com/d5KW5ALCtf
— MenchOsint (@MenchOsint) August 9, 2024
Ice could have formed on the wings of the fatal aircraft, while it appears that the wing de-icing system for some reason did not work. According to the expert, this case has a 95% chance of being confirmed as the cause of the accident.
Before the crash, the pilot who flew from Guarulhos on Friday reported ice forming on the window. According to him, this was not something common, but the first time it had happened to him in his 16 years of experience.
At the same time, the plane’s black box was found in the wreckage search. The data from the black box will provide answers to the causes of the crash.
Brazil – Shocking accounts of the plane crash
The plane was traveling at 17,000 feet but plunged 4,000 feet within two minutes and then lost its GPS signal, the Guardian reports, citing the Flightradar24 website.
NOW: Resident shows the Voepass plane (Passadero) being consumed by fire after crashing in Vinhedo, in the interior of São Paulo. pic.twitter.com/99JktKC64b
— I SHOCKED (@choquei) August 9, 2024
BIG #BREAKING: Voepass Flight 2283 – (Large Passenger Plane) crashes in Vinhedo, Brazil
Video from crash site 62 people were onboard #voepass #flight2283 #Olympics #planecrash #passenger #IndiaAtOlympics#vineyard #brazil #plane #GranHermanoChile #NTRNeelMassiveLaunch pic.twitter.com/RKHCIGhMLX— Most Viral Videos (@virall_videoss) August 9, 2024
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BREAKING – PLANE CRASH. Sao Paulo Brazil. 68 DEAD.
On the UOL website, Ana Lucia de Lima, a resident of a nearby housing complex, said the noise was so loud that “it sounded like it was falling inside my house… The first explosion was strong, black smoke was already coming out, and then there were several more explosions.”
Three days of mourning in Brazil
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva declared three days of mourning after the plane crash that killed 61 people on Friday. Lula announced the bereavement via his X account.
Sao Paulo state governor Tarcisio de Freitas, as well as the Municipality of Vinhedo, also declared three days of mourning to honor the victims of the crash earlier Friday.
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