No survivors as plane with 62 aboard crashes in Brazil
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Sao Paulo: An airplane carrying 58 passengers and four crew crashed Friday in Brazil s Sao Paulo state, killing everyone on board, local officials sai...
Sao Paulo: An airplane carrying 58 passengers and four crew crashed Friday in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing everyone on board, local officials said.
The aircraft, an ATR 72-500 operated by the airline Voepass, was traveling from Cascavel in southern Parana state to Sao Paulo's Guarulhos international airport when it crashed in the city of Vinhedo.
Images broadcast on local media showed a large plane nosediving at high speed, while other footage showed a large column of smoke rising from the crash site in what appeared to be a residential area.
"There were no survivors," the city government in Valinhos -- which was involved in the rescue and recovery operation in nearby Vinhedo -- said in an email sent to AFP. Vinhedo, with about 76,000 residents, is located approximately 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Sao Paulo.
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