VoePass commercial airline jet with 62 people aboard crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state
A Commercial airline jet with 62 people aboard crashed into the residential area of a city in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state. Authorities said they are unclear at how many people were killed or injured.
August 9, 2024 2:29pm
Updated: August 10, 2024 12:12pm
A commercial airline jet transporting 62 people aboard crashed in a residential area of a city in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday, according to VoePass Linhas Aéreas officials, but it is unknown how many people were injured or killed.
In a statement released by VoePass, the airline said that a jet headed for Sâo Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport crashed with 4 crew members and 58 passengers.
The statement didn’t offer any details about what occurred or downed the airliner.
Firefighters in the city of Vinhedo confirmed the jet’s crash in the area, and that they were sending personnel to search for survivors amid the airliner’s wreckage.
GloboNews, a Brazilian television station revealed images of a plane plunging downward vertically, and spiraling toward the ground into a blazing fire amid a residential area full of houses.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asked an audience he was speaking to in southern Brazil to stand for a moment of silence to honor the apparent victims of the crash.
