All passengers, crew, dead after plane crash in Sao Paulo, Brazil, airline confirms
Aug 9, 2024, 1:32 PM | Updated: 2:47 pm
This frame grab from video shows fire coming from a plane that crashed by a home in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (Felipe Magalhaes Filho via AP)
(Felipe Magalhaes Filho via AP)
SAO PAULO, Brazil — The Voepass Linhas Aereas airline has confirmed that 61 people aboard a plane that crashed Friday in a Sao Paulo neighborhood died in the firey crash.
The airline has also updated the number of people on the plane. It was earlier reported that 62 people were aboard.
According to the Voepass Linhas Aereas airline, as reported by the Associated Press, the crash occurred in a residential area.
Locator map showing the departure, destination and crash sites of a Brazilian commercial airplane that crashed on Friday Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Digital Embed)
The plane was destined for Guarulhos, Sao Paulo’s international airport, according to the Associated Press.
The BNO News Agency shared a post on X from the airline, confirming the crash of flight 2283.
Statement from Voepass confirming Flight 2283 crashed in Vinhedo, Brazil. 62 people were on board. (Text translated) pic.twitter.com/oxgNCg4Zh3
— BNO News Live (@BNODesk) August 9, 2024
Per the Associated Press, a Brazilian television network aired video of a large fire and smoke coming from what GloboNews called “an apparent plane fuselage.”
This story is developing and will be updated.
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