A passenger plane with 62 people on board crashed outside of São Paulo on Friday, the airline, Voepass Linhas Aéreas, said. It’s not clear how many people have been injured or killed.
The airline said in a statement on its website that flight 2283 was on its way to São Paulo’s international airport Guarulhos from Cascavel when it crashed in Vinhedo, Brazil.
Here’s everything we know about the incident so far.
Who was on board?
There were 58 passengers and four crew members on the plane, according to Voepass. The plane was a twin-engine turboprop ATR-72. The airline said it’s not immediately clear what conditions the people on board are in.
At a event on Friday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that it appeared that everyone on board had died, though he didn’t clarify where he received that information. He asked everyone at the event to stand up to observe a minute of silence for the people on the flight.
Why did the plane crash?
Voepass said officials haven’t confirmed what caused the crash. The plane, which took off around 11:50 a.m. local time, lost signal around 1:30 p.m. time, before the crash, according to reports. It was scheduled to land around 2:00 p.m., according to FlightAware.
GloboNews, a Brazilian television news network, shared video footage of the crash on X, which showed the plane spiraling in the air before hitting the ground and then a black plume of smoke billowing up. Other footage from the outlet showed the fiery wreck.
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