• 10 Aug, 2024

All 62 onboard perish in Brazil plane crash; cause under investigation.

A regional plane, Voepass, with 62 passengers boarded, crashed outside Sao Paulo, killing every passenger on the flight along with the crew. Some videos on Social Media show the video of the plane falling out of the sky into the city, making spiral movements. The flight was scheduled to Guarulhos in Sao Paulo from Cascavel in Parana. It fell around 250 feet every 10 seconds while losing altitude a minute and a half before crashing. The airline has not declared any reason as such, and no information with regard to the incident has been yet declared.

The CEO of the airline, Eduardo Bush, told in a press conference that, " The entire crew was competent." 

"We are waiting for access to all communications between the pilot and the control tower to have a broader understanding of what happened." 

"On one hand, it is possible to retrieve the data from the recorder, but on the other hand, there is a change of data damage due to the severity of the accident, making it impossible to access the recorded data," Busch mentioned this in regards to the information concerning about the incident. 

People who missed the flight have come to X (Twitter- previously) and have thanked god that they missed the flight, saying, "My legs are shaking; only God knows how I'm feeling; thank God we didn't get on that plane." 

A resident from nearby, named Daniel de Lima, said to Reuterswww.reuters.com/world/americas/plane-with-capacity-transport-68-people-crashes-brazil-website/; he saw the plain in a horizontal spin and was rotating but didn't move any forward. "Soon after it fell out of the sky and exploded". "I believe the pilot tried to avoid a nearby neighborhood, which is densely populated." 

Another resident named Ana Lucia said to AP Newswww.apnews.com/article/brazil-plane-crash-sao-paulo-3/, "I thought it was going to fall in our yard. It was scary, but thank god there were no victims among the locals. It seems that the 62 people inside the plane were the real victims, though." 

After the incident occurred, the officials from Voepass said, " The company regrets to inform you that all 61 people on board flight 2283 died at the site. At this time, Voepass is prioritizing the provision of unrestricted assistance to the victims' families and effectively collaborating with authorities to determine the causes of the accident."

The aircraft flew at a height of 17,000 feet until 1.21 pm local time, when it suddenly dropped some 250 feet. Then, after a few seconds, it took an ascent of 400 feet and maintained only up to eight seconds. After this, it once again dropped more than 2000 feet and again 17000 feet in the next second, according to the reports of Flightradar24 data

Because of this incident, the president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has declared three days of mourning for the dead and has expressed his deep condolence towards the incident. 

The airline has told the media that there is an investigation under process as the reason leading to the plane crash is yet unknown.