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At a briefing Friday afternoon, Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva<\/strong> said, \u201cI have to be the bearer of really bad news,\u201d and called for a minute of silence to honor the 58 passengers and four crew members aboard the plane that crashed in Vinhedo, a city northwest of S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n The cause of the crash is unknown, he said, but added, \u201cIt appears all have died.\u201d<\/p>\n BREAKING: Voepass Flight 2283, a large passenger plane, crashes in Vinhedo, Brazil pic.twitter.com\/wmpJLVYbB3<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 BNO News (@BNONews) August 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n In a social media post, Voepass, a regional airline based in S\u00e3o Paulo state, confirmed that its plane, flight 2283, had crashed. The plane departed from Cascavel, a Brazilian city near the country\u2019s southern border with Paraguay and Argentina, and was headed to Guarulhos, just outside S\u00e3o Paulo, Voepass said in its post.<\/p>\n We are following reports of a crash of a VoePass ATR 72 near S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. We are currently processing granular data from this flight. https:\/\/t.co\/1MwrzhJ0gU<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ozBx2sL5lZ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) August 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n FlightAware data indicated the plane, a twin-engine turboprop ATR-72, departed at 11:50 a.m. local time and was scheduled to land just before 2 p.m.<\/p>\n One woman in Vinhedo, Brazil, said she heard the plane before she saw it.<\/p>\n \u201cI heard a very loud noise, very close to me. I thought it was a drone. I looked up to the sky and saw the plane spinning,\u201d Nathalie Cicari<\/strong> told CNN.<\/p>\n #WATCH<\/a> : More visuals from the crash site of a Voepass Linhas A\u00e9reas ATR 72-500 plane.#Vinhedo<\/a> #Brazil<\/a> #PlaneCrash<\/a> #Crash<\/a> #Cascavel<\/a> #Guarulhos<\/a> #saopaulo<\/a> #VoepassAirlines<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/B98fcnZF0R<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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