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All 61 People Aboard Plane Killed in Brazil Plane Crash [Video]

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4 months ago

August 9, 2024

BREAKING: All 61 People Aboard Plane Killed in Brazil Plane Crash [Video]

All 61 people aboard the plane have died in Brazil Plane Crash.

Newsone Nigeria reports that an airplane carrying 57 passengers and four crew members crashed in Brazil on Friday, killing everyone on board, the airline operating the flight said.

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This online news platform understands that the Voepass Linhas Aéreas flight took off from Cascavel and was headed to the São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport when it crashed, according to an earlier statement from Voepass Linhas Aéreas.

Cascavel is in the state of Paraná, southwest of São Paulo.

The airline confirmed Friday afternoon that all 61 people on board were killed. It had previously said the aircraft was carrying 62 people.

The airline said it did not have any information on how the plane crashed.

Newsone reports that Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told a crowd at an event on Friday, August 9, 2024, about the crash, asking for a moment of silence, and noting that it appeared that everyone on board was killed.