OAN Staff Sophia Flores
11:29 AM – Friday, August 9, 2024
UPDATE – 4:36 P.M. PST: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil, has released a statement where he said it “appears” that all 61 souls aboard Flight 2283, headed to Guarulhos, Brazil, are dead.
*The previous article update stated that “62” people had died, which was what Brazilian authorities had initially claimed. However, it was in fact 61 individuals who died.*
57 passengers and four crew members all died in the tragic accident, which is still being investigated.
57 passengers and four crew members
“VOEPASS used all means to support those involved. There is still no confirmation of how the accident occurred or the current situation of the people on board,” Airline Voepass said previously in a statement on Friday.
A passenger plane carrying 61 individuals crashed on Friday in Brazil.
According to the country’s civil defense officials, the plane also hit multiple houses located in the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil.
The plane was operated by the airline Voepass Linhas Area, and it was en route from Cascavel, in the state of Parana, to Guarulhos, in Sao Paulo.
Videos of the plane drop and crash on X (Twitter) looked grim, with officials already assuming that survival was not likely.
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