BBCA aircraft carrying 58 passengers and 4 crew has crashed within the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
The dual-engine turboprop aircraft was flying from Cascavel within the southern state of Paraná to the primary airport in São Paulo metropolis when it got here down within the city of Vinhedo, the Voepass airline mentioned.
Footage circulating on social media confirmed a aircraft descending vertically, spiralling because it fell.
“There may be nonetheless no affirmation of how the accident occurred or the present state of affairs of the folks on board,” the airline mentioned in an announcement.
Native authorities mentioned the aircraft landed on a residential constructing.
Police and hearth providers are on the scene and native hospitals have been alerted.
The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, held a minute’s silence at an occasion he was talking at.
He posted on social media the information of the crash was “Very unhappy. All my solidarity to the households and associates of the victims.”
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