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
BREAKING: Voepass Flight 2283, a large passenger plane, crashes in Vinhedo, Brazil pic.twitter.com/wmpJLVYbB3
— BNO News (@BNONews) August 9, 2024
Voepass Flight 2283 Crashing Into Homes in Vinhedo
WATCH: New video shows Voepass Flight 2283 crashing into homes in Vinhedo, Brazil. Number of victims not yet known. pic.twitter.com/Ndwodo2Vcz
— BNO News (@BNONews) August 9, 2024
Plane Hit Multiple Houses
BREAKING - A passenger plane carrying 62 people has crashed on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil. The plane hit multiple houses - video shows the destroyed aircraft in flames on the ground.
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) August 9, 2024
Queda de avião no interior de São Paulo… ao que parece era da Voepass e de passageiro. Triste demais. pic.twitter.com/4cTP8DPDr7
— João Vinícius (@joaoviniciuslol) August 9, 2024
Crash Site of Voepass Flight 2283 in Vinhedo
WATCH: Crash site of Voepass Flight 2283 in Vinhedo, Brazil. 62 people were on board pic.twitter.com/ngUhvEtSRS
— BNO News (@BNONews) August 9, 2024
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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