According to Voepass airline, the twin-engine turboprop crashed near the town of Vinhedo when it was en route from Cascavel, in the southern state of Paraná, to Guarulhos airport in São Paulo city.

According to the BBC, footage of a plane spiraling down a vertical drop is making the rounds on social media.

Four crew members and 57 passengers were on board the ATR 72-500. According to the local authorities, nobody survived.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil, showed support for the victims’ friends and family.

Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas, the state governor of São Paulo, announced three days of mourning.

The flight recorders have been recovered, according to the authorities. The French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR declared that it would assist with the probe.v

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No one on the ground was hurt when the plane touched down in a residential area.

Only one house in a nearby condominium complex was harmed, according to officials.

It is the deadliest plane catastrophe to occur in Brazil since 2007, when a TAM Express plane crashed and caught fire at the Congonhas airport in São Paulo, killing 199 people.Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas, the state governor of São Paulo, announced three days of mourning in

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No one on the ground was hurt when the plane touched down in a residential area.

Only one house in a nearby condominium complex was harmed, according to officials.

It is the deadliest plane catastrophe to occur in Brazil since 2007, when a TAM Express plane crashed and caught fire at the Congonhas airport in São Paulo, killing 199 people.