Shocking footage has surfaced on X showing a commercial plane crashing in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state on Friday.
The plane appears to have stalled and locked in a death spiral. Why the pilots could not break the stall remains a massive question.
Here’s more from AP News about the incident:
The local firefighters corps confirmed that the plane fell in the city of Vinhedo, but did not offer more details.
Brazil’s TV GloboNews showed footage of a large area on fire and smoke coming out of an apparent plane fuselage. Additional footage on GloboNews showed a plane drifting downward vertically, spiraling as it fell.
Flightrader24’s Jason Rabinowitz said, “Whatever happened occurred on at cruise of 17,000 feet and was extremely sudden.”
Tragic news being reported out of Brazil, as it appears a Voepass ATR has crashed.
The @flightradar24 team will have to pull the granular data, but whatever happened occurred on at cruise of 17,000 feet and was extremely sudden. #2Z2283 https://t.co/AWpAJE77tr https://t.co/7Vy0QeLZ3a pic.twitter.com/zhRSoWUM0n
— Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) August 9, 2024
Unconfirmed reports on X say 68 souls were on board.
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