A plane carrying 61 people on board crashed in a fiery wreck in a residential area of a city in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday, the airline VoePass confirmed Friday.Â
The airline VoePass confirmed in a statement that a plane headed for Sao Paulo’s international airport Guarulhos crashed in the city of Vinhedo with 61 passengers and crew members aboard.
The statement didn’t say what caused the accident.
Brazilian television network GloboNews showed footage of a large area on fire and smoke coming out of an apparent plane fuselage in a residential area full of houses. Additional footage on GloboNews showed a plane drifting downward vertically, spiraling as it fell.
