A regional turboprop plane crashed near Sao Paulo, in Brazil, killing all 62 people on board, Reuters said, quoting Brazilian local officials.
The plane took off from Cascavel, in the state of Parana, at around 3 p.m. (6 GMT) and crashed in the town of Vinhedo, about 80 km northwest of Sao Paulo.
The video of the mid-afternoon crash also appeared to show clear weather, despite the fact that the area’s forecast called for light rain and winds of only 10 km/h (6 mph), the same source added.
City officials in Valinhos, near Vinhedo, said there were no survivors and only one home in the local condominium complex had been damaged, with no residents injured.
“I have to be the bearer of really bad news,” President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said at an event shortly after the crash. He asked for a minute of silence for the victims of the crash.
The unlisted airline said it could not provide any additional information about what caused the plane to crash.
ATR, a Franco-Italian company jointly owned by Airbus (AIR.PA) and Leonardo, is the leading manufacturer of regional turboprop planes seating 40-70 people.
In a statement emailed to Reuters, ATR said it had been informed of an accident in Vinhedo involving one of its aircraft.
“Our first thoughts are with all the individuals affected by this event,” it said, adding that company specialists were “fully engaged” with the investigation into the crash and its customers.
A speed of 273 miles per hour (391 kph) would be the upper end of that range.
FlightRadar24 has reported that the aircraft was operating at 17,000 feet just before the disaster and that there was an ongoing alert for “severe icing” at an altitude of between 12,000 and 21,000 feet.
By market share, VoePass, a regional carrier, is the fourth-biggest airline in Brazil.
VoePass, a regional carrier, is Brazil’s fourth-largest airline in the market share.
The company, formerly known as Passaredo, now has a codeshare arrangement with LATAM Airlines after a similar contract with Gol expired last year.
VoePass, based in Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo state, serves nearly 50 destinations with a fleet of only ATR-72 and ATR-42 aircraft that can seat up to 70 passengers.