Video of plane crash in Brazil’s Sau Paulo goes viral

All 61 passengers on board at a regional turboprop plane were killed after the jet crashed near Sao Paulo in Brazil, local media reported Saturday.

The video shared on social media showed an apparent ATR plan spinning in the air and plunged down behind a cluster of trees near houses.

As soon as it made contact with the land, a large plume of black smoke can be seen in the video.

 

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Valinhos officials said that there were no survivors and only one home in the local condominium complex had been damaged.

Luckily, none of the residents were hurt in the incident.

“I have to be the bearer of really bad news,” said President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaking at an event.

Voepass plane had taken off from Cascavel, in the state of Parana, bound for Sao Paulo’s main international airport.

According to the Airline, the ill-fated jet crashed into the two of Vinhedo, about 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Sao Paulo.

The cause of the plane crash is not known at the moment.

The aircraft was listed by flight tracker FlightRadar24 as an ATR 72-500 turboprop. It is jointly owned by Airbus and Italian aerospace group Leonardo.