Sao Paulo, August 9: A plane with 62 people aboard crashed in a fiery wreck in a residential area of a city in Brazil's Sao Paulo state Friday, the airline said, but it was not immediately clear how many people were injured or killed. The airline VoePass confirmed in a statement that a plane headed for Sao Paulo's international airport Guarulhos crashed with 58 passengers and 4 crew members aboard. The statement didn't say what caused the accident. Brazil Plane Crash: Two Killed As Small Aircraft Crashes in Forest in Sao Paulo State.

Firefighters confirmed that the plane fell in the city of Vinhedo, but did not offer more details. The firefighter corps was dispatching teams to the crash site. Brazilian television network GloboNews showed footage of a large area on fire and smoke coming out of an apparent plane fuselage in a residential area full of houses. Additional footage on GloboNews showed a plane drifting downward vertically, spiraling as it fell. Brazil Plane Crash: Small Aircraft Crashes in Amazon Rainforest, Killing All 14 People on Board (Watch Video).

Voepass Flight 2283, a Large Passenger Plane, Crashes in Vinhedo

Voepass Flight 2283 Crashing Into Homes in Vinhedo

Plane Hit Multiple Houses

Crash Site of Voepass Flight 2283 in Vinhedo

At an event in southern Brazil, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asked the crowd to stand and observe a minute of silence.

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