An airplane with 57 passengers and four crew members on board crashed in Brazil's Sao Paulo, killing everyone on board. Images and videos from the spot show that the crash left flaming wreckage in a residential neighborhood.
Videos shared on social media showed the plane suddenly dropping from the sky, spiraling as it fell. It remains unclear how the accident occurred, VoePass airlines said in a statement. The last known tracking by FlightRadar24 of the plane was when it was at 4,100 feet and was approaching Sao Paulo.
Eyewitnesses described the heart-stopping moment scene as the ATR 72-500 aircraft plummeted almost vertically, spinning out of control before falling in a residential area.
Truck driver Martins Barbosa, 49, was working when he learned of the plane crash, which occurred 150 meters from his home.
"I thought it might have fallen on my house, with my son inside," he told AFP, adding he felt despondent before learning his family was okay.
Cicari was not hurt but had to evacuate her house, which was filled with black smoke from the crash.
"I arrived at the scene and saw many bodies on the ground -- many of them," another witness, Ricardo Rodrigues, told local Band News.
