BRAZILIAN PLANE CRASHED NEAR SÃO PAULO KILLING ALL 62 ON BOARD

Fri 09 August 2024:

A horrific plane crash has occurred outside São Paulo, Brazil, claiming the lives of all 62 individuals onboard, according to local officials.

The Brazilian airline Voepass confirmed the tragic incident on Friday, revealing that the aircraft went down northeast of São Paulo. Officials in the town of Valinhos reported that there were no survivors, though only one nearby home sustained damage with no injuries to its residents.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addressed the somber news, stating, “It appears that all passengers are presumed dead.” He paused at an event to honor the victims, saying, “I must be the bearer of very bad news, and I wanted all to stand up so we can take one minute of silence because a plane just fell in the town of Vinhedos in Sao Paulo with 58 passengers and 4 crew members, and it seems that all of them passed. So I’d like to ask for a minute of silence for the victims.”

Flames and Ruins: Eyewitness Accounts Highlight the Disaster’s Severity

The Brazilian airport authority has not yet confirmed specific details surrounding the crash; however, images of the flaming wreckage shared by news outlet Globo paint a grim picture. The Associated Press reported that verified footage showed at least two bodies among the obliterated remains of the aircraft.

Al Jazeera correspondent Monica Yanakiew, reporting from Rio de Janeiro, relayed, “It just dropped out of the sky, fell on top of a house; luckily there was nobody in the house. But by the images we’ve been seeing, everyone is really likely to be dead because the plane was totally destroyed.” Yanakiew underscored the severity, stating that this incident is being described as the worst of its kind in modern Brazilian history.

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Response and Investigation: Authorities Mobilize to the Crash Site

Firefighters, military police, and the country’s civil defense authority have mobilized workers to the crash site, which has been sealed off by officials. The general director of the Federal Police, Andrei Passos, announced that an investigation is underway with a forensics team specializing in identifying disaster victims. Globo also reported that São Paulo Governor Tarcisio de Freitas is en route to the crash location.

Air traffic tracker Flightradar24 noted on social media that the aircraft involved in the crash was an ATR72-500, built in 2010, and it was flying from Cascavel Airport in the southern state of Paraná to São Paulo. As the nation grapples with the aftermath of this devastating event, the call for answers will undoubtedly grow louder.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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