A Turboprop aircraft with 58 passengers and four crew members, totaling 62 people on board, crashed into a condominium in the Capela neighborhood, in Vinhedo (SP), early in the afternoon of this Friday (9) while operating flight 2283. There are no survivors as declared by the authorities.
According to Voepass Linhas Aéreas, formerly Passaredo, the airline that owns the aircraft, the victims were on a turboprop passenger plane, model ATR72-500, which left Cascavel (PR) at 11:58 am bound for Guarulhos (SP).
VoePass (LATAM) issued an official statement informing that they still do not know the cause of the crash. "The flight took off without any operational restrictions," the statement said.
"VOEPASS has activated all means to support those involved. There is still no confirmation of how the accident occurred," the company reported.
The Voepass Turboprop aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney PW127F engines, fell at 12928 thousand feet per minute, which is equivalent to approximately 237 km/h.
May not be a contributory factor to this accident, but there was an "active warning for severe icing" between 12,000 feet and 21,000 feet, while the aircraft was flying at FL170 just before the crash.
The City of Vinhedo reported that there were no survivors of the accident. The government of São Paulo says it is sending reinforcements to the site.
"The Superintendence of Technical-Scientific Police (SPTC), the Civil and Military Police are mobilized to rescue the victims. Teams from the Legal Medical Institute (IML) and those responsible for collecting bodies were also sent to reinforce the work", informed the government of SP.
According to Vinhedo's Security Secretary, Osmir Cruz, the aircraft crashed near a residence with residents inside, but no one on the ground was injured.
The National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) regretted the accident and said it will monitor
"the provision of assistance to victims and their families by the company, as well as adopting the necessary measures to investigate the situation of the aircraft and crew."
The Brazilian Federal Police opened an investigation to investigate the accident.
In a statement, the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) reports that, through the Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center (Cenipa), it was called to act in the event of the crash of the Passaredo (Voepass) aircraft, registration PTB 2283, registered on the afternoon of this Friday.
Investigators from Cenipa and the Fourth Regional Service for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Seripa IV) headed to the site to carry out the Initial Action of the Occurrence.
