A passenger plane crashed in Sao Paulo, Brazil. There were 62 people on board the plane. According to local media reports, a video of this incident has surfaced. In the video, it is seen that the plane is coming down from the sky and then suddenly it hits the ground and there is a huge explosion. It is not yet clear how many people have died in this accident.
According to a CNN report, Brazilian regional airline VOEPASS’s flight 2283-PS-VPB has crashed. According to the report, according to a statement from the airline, there were 58 passengers and 4 crew members on board the flight at the time of the accident. The accident took place in a residential area.
According to data from Flight Radar24, the Voypass plane took off from Cascavel and was on its way to Sao Paulo when its signal disappeared shortly before 1:30pm local time. The current condition of the people on board and the cause of the accident are not yet known.
🚨🇧🇷WHAT WE KNOW: BRAZIL PLANE CRASH NEAR SÃO PAULO
58 passengers and 4 crew members were aboard the Voepass ATR 72-500 that crashed into the Capela neighborhood of Vinhedo, just 43 miles from São Paulo’s city center.
The 13-year-old aircraft, manufactured in 2011, was en route… https://t.co/ngWNrDVsMf pic.twitter.com/HpegcssDGQ
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) August 9, 2024
While attending an event, Brazilian President Lula da Silva called for a minute’s silence for this accident. The video that has surfaced on social media is quite scary, in which the entire plane is seen damaged and huge flames are coming out of it.
Another angle of the plane crash in Brazil
This is INSANE! 😱
I hope at least some of them were lucky enough to survive…💔 https://t.co/1kceLBKtry pic.twitter.com/hwnbdYRaDN
— The Savior (@stairwayto3dom) August 9, 2024
This is a developing story.