At a briefing Friday afternoon, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated, “I’ve to be the bearer of actually unhealthy information,” and known as for a minute of silence to honor the 58 passengers and 4 crew members aboard the airplane that crashed in Vinhedo, a metropolis northwest of São Paulo.
The reason for the crash is unknown, he stated, however added, “It seems all have died.”
BREAKING: Voepass Flight 2283, a big passenger airplane, crashes in Vinhedo, Brazil pic.twitter.com/wmpJLVYbB3
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In a social media publish, Voepass, a regional airline primarily based in São Paulo state, confirmed that its airplane, flight 2283, had crashed. The airplane departed from Cascavel, a Brazilian metropolis close to the nation’s southern border with Paraguay and Argentina, and was headed to Guarulhos, simply exterior São Paulo, Voepass stated in its publish.
We’re following reviews of a crash of a VoePass ATR 72 close to São Paulo, Brazil. We’re at the moment processing granular knowledge from this flight. https://t.co/1MwrzhJ0gU pic.twitter.com/ozBx2sL5lZ
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FlightAware knowledge indicated the airplane, a twin-engine turboprop ATR-72, departed at 11:50 a.m. native time and was scheduled to land simply earlier than 2 p.m.
One girl in Vinhedo, Brazil, stated she heard the airplane earlier than she noticed it.
“I heard a really loud noise, very near me. I assumed it was a drone. I regarded as much as the sky and noticed the airplane spinning,” Nathalie Cicari advised CNN.
#WATCH : Extra visuals from the crash website of a Voepass Linhas Aéreas ATR 72-500 airplane.#Vinhedo #Brazil #PlaneCrash #Crash #Cascavel #Guarulhos #saopaulo #VoepassAirlines pic.twitter.com/B98fcnZF0R
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One other eyewitness, Felipe Magalhaes, advised Reuters that he heard the airplane because it was falling. Talking in Portuguese, he stated he regarded out of his window simply because it crashed. He rushed to the wreckage, not simply to see however to try to assist individuals within the neighborhood.
“The best way it fell—I ran out of the home and went to see the place it had fallen and noticed it had crashed into the home of a few aged individuals. We additionally knew them from church. Terrified and never understanding what to do, I jumped over the wall,” Magalhaes stated.
A person who missed the flight advised Brazilian information outlet Globo that not less than 10 individuals have been ready on the improper gate and missed the flight earlier than it took off.
“They stated to me, ‘Mister, you’re not getting on this airplane as a result of we’re already previous the boarding restrict.’ I even pressured them somewhat. ‘Mister, put me on this airplane, I’ve to go,’ then he stated, ‘There’s no manner, what I can do is rebook your ticket,’” the unnamed man stated.
