SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- A passenger plane with 62 people on board crashed crashed in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, the airline said, but it was not immediately clear how many people were injured or killed.
The ATR-72 aircraft operated by Voepass Linhas Aéreas was heading from Cascavel, in the state of Paraná, to Guarulhos, in São Paulo, the agency said. company.
According to Voepass, there were 58 passengers and four crew members on board.
The São Paulo state fire department confirmed on social media that a plane had crashed in the city of Vinhedo and that it had sent seven teams to the area of the accident.
A video shared on social media showed what appeared to be the plane crashing into a group of trees, followed by a large plume of black smoke.
Brazilian television network GloboNews showed images of a large area of flames and smoke coming from the fuselage of an aircraft apparently in a residential area full of houses.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva interrupted an event he was attending to call for a minute of silence.
Last year, in a similar tragedy, a Yeti Airlines plane crashed. crashed with 72 people on board in the city of Pokhara, Nepal. The plane The plane crashed in an area between the old airport and Pokhara International Airport, airline spokesman Sudarshan Bartaula said.
The flight departed from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, to the tourist city of Pokhara.
There were 68 passengers and four crew members on board. Rescuers are working to remove the bodies.
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