62 People Die In Plane Crash
62 people have been deported dead in plane crush in the Brazilian state of São Paulo which killed everyone on board.
At least 21 bodies have been recovered by the teams which have been working since the crash occurred last night to find victims of the disaster.
The plane crash is Brazil’s worst since 2007, when a plane crashed and burst into flames killing 199 people.
Footage circulating on social media showed a plane descending vertically, spiralling as it falls.
62 People Die In Plane Crash
The aircraft crashed in a residential area, but no-one on the ground was injured.
Report from officials indicate that only one home in a local condominium complex was damaged.
Capt Maycon Cristo, a spokesman for the fire department which is helping with the recovery, said that so far, two people had been identified from evidence recovered at the scene.
He said that teams were relying on a number of factors to help identify passengers.
62 People Die In Plane Crash
These include documents and the position of bodies in relation to seating, as well as mobile phones recovered from some of the victims.
Capt Cristo said the casualties were being moved to a police morgue in São Paulo.
According to the tracking website Flightradar24, flight 2283 had taken off from Cascavel at 11:56 local time (14:56 GMT) on Friday and was due to arrive at 13:40.
62 People Die In Plane Crash
The last signal received from the aircraft was about 20 minutes before it was scheduled to land.
Brazil’s civil aviation agency said the plane, which was built in 2010, had been “in good operating condition, with valid registration and airworthiness certificates”.
The four crew members on board at the time of the accident were all duly licensed and had valid qualifications, it added.
The moment the passenger plane crashed was witnessed by local residents, while others described damage to their homes.
