Sebastian Locandio
VINEDO, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazilian emergency staff on Saturday recovered the our bodies of 62 individuals aboard a passenger aircraft that crashed the day earlier than within the city of Vignedo close to Sao Paulo, killing all on board.
The our bodies of a lot of the victims (34 males and 28 ladies) have been transferred to the São Paulo police morgue for identification. Vignedo Mayor Dario Pacheco mentioned the our bodies of the pilot and co-pilot had been recognized earlier within the day.
Regional airline Voepass, which operated the aircraft, mentioned 4 twin nationals have been among the many victims, together with three Venezuelans and a Portuguese lady.
The Venezuelan was a 4-year-old boy, his mom and grandmother, native media outlet World Information reported. The boy’s canine was additionally on the aircraft, with the household taking it to Colombia, the outlet reported.
Voepass mentioned on Friday the aircraft was carrying 57 passengers and 4 crew members, however on Saturday it confirmed there was one other unaccounted passenger on board, placing the casualty depend at 62.
Firefighter Maycon Cristo mentioned early Saturday as our bodies have been recovered from the wreckage on the crash website that authorities have been utilizing objects akin to seat assignments, bodily traits, paperwork and cellphones to determine the victims.
Kinfolk of the victims have been dropped at São Paulo to supply DNA samples to assist determine the stays, state civil safety coordinator Henguel Pereira mentioned.
Marcelo Moreno, head of Brazil’s aviation accident investigation heart Cenipa, informed a information convention in Vinedo that the aircraft’s so-called “black field” containing recordings and flight knowledge was being analyzed.
The plane, an ATR-72 turboprop, was certain to fly from Cascavel, Paraná, to São Paulo when it departed about 1:30 pm (1630 GMT) about 80 kilometers (50 km) northwest of São Paulo. Vignedo crashed at 1.5 miles). Though it fell in a residential space, nobody on the bottom was injured.
The Brazilian Air Power mentioned in a press release that the aircraft flew usually till 1:21 p.m., when it stopped responding to calls and radar contact was misplaced at 1:22 p.m.
The Air Power added that the pilot didn’t report an emergency or opposed climate situations.
Franco-Italian ATR, collectively owned by Airbus and Leonardo, is a significant producer of regional turboprop plane with 40 to 70 seats. ATR informed Reuters on Friday that its consultants have been “absolutely engaged” within the accident investigation.
