São Paulo, Brazil
- A passenger plane carrying 62 people crashed on the outskirts of São Paulo killing everyone on board, according to Brazilian officials. Dramatic footage from the scene showed the plane’s fall and its destroyed fuselage in flames on the ground. Flight tracking data shows that the Voepass Linhas Aéreas dropped 17,000 feet in just one minute, but it is not clear what caused the twin-engine turboprop plane to fall. “There is still no confirmation of how the accident occurred or the current situation of the people on board,” according to a statement by airline Voepass. Interrupting a speech at an afternoon naval event to address the crash, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called for a minute of silence to mark the apparent deaths of the flight’s passengers and crew. Social media videos of the crash showed the plane spiraling out of the sky before hitting the ground as people in the neighborhood shouted in fear. Another video showed the wreckage of the plane in flames on the ground.
