VINHEDO, Brazil — Authorities in Brazil worked on Saturday to piece together what exactly caused the plane crash in southeastern Sao Paulo state the day before that killed all 61 people on board.
Local airline Voepass' plane, an ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop, was headed for Sao Paulo's international airport in Guarulhos municipality with 57 passengers and 4 crew members when it went down in Vinhedo municipality.Images recorded by witnesses showed the aircraft in a flat spin and plunging vertically before smashing to the ground inside a gated community, and leaving an obliterated fuselage consumed by fire. Residents said there were no injuries on the ground.
'Speaking to reporters in Vinhedo on Friday, Sao Paulo Public Security Secretary Guilherme Derrite said the plane's black box had been recovered, apparently in a preserved state.Marcelo Moura, director of operations for Voepass, told reporters on Friday night that while there were forecasts for ice, they were within acceptable levels for the aircraft.Likewise, Lt. Col.
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