No Survivors: Tragedy as Plane Carrying 62 People Crashes in Brazil, Video Trends
- A passenger plane carrying 62 people crashed on Friday, August 9, outside São Paulo, Brazil, killing all onboard
- Legit.ng gathered that the plane crashed really close to a residence which even had people inside
- Videos posted on social media platforms showed the plane spiralling as it dropped shockingly from the sky
Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over 9 years of experience covering current affairs and global news.
Sao Paulo, Brazil - A plane with many passengers aboard en route to Sao Paulo from the Cascavel airport in Parana crashed in a residential area on Friday, August 9.
According to the BBC, all the 62 people on board died.
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VoePass airline — owners of the crashed plane — said it had 58 passengers and four crew members aboard, according to the Associated Press.
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Al Jazeera reported that only one home in a local residential complex within Sao Paulo’s outskirts had been damaged in the area where the plane fell but none of the residents were hurt.
A video circulating on social media shows the plane spiralling downward before crashing. The unfortunate moment resulted in a large fire, with black smoke billowing from what appeared to be the plane's fuselage amidst the houses.
The plane rapidly descended roughly 17,000 feet in just one minute.
Witnesses described hearing the plane before it crashed, with one person saying it fell on the roof of an elderly couple’s house.
Watch the moment the ill-fated plane fell below:
Plane crash: Brazil's president mourns
Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, had also said earlier that it appears that all passengers are presumed dead.
He said in a social media post:
“Very sad news. All my solidarity to the families and friends of the victims.”
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More than 600,000 people have had to leave their homes due to the disaster.
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