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None of the 58 passengers and four crew members survived the plane crash that occurred Friday afternoon in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, the city hall of Valinhos, a town near the crash site, announced.
“There were no survivors among the 62 people on board,” said the Valinhos city hall, which participated in the rescue operations in the city of Vinhedo.
The plane was heading to Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo from Cascavel in the southern state of Parana, according to the airline Voepass.
In a post on the social network X, Brazilian President Lula da Silva said the crash was “very sad news,” expressing “his full solidarity with the families and friends of the victims.”
Images released by Brazilian media showed the plane falling at high speed, and others showed a long column of smoke rising above what is believed to be a residential area.
Sao Paulo state said it had sent seven firefighters to the crash site. Local police and hospitals were also alerted, but no information was provided on the cause of the accident.
