Air tragedy in Brazil: 61 dead, 12 bodies recovered

Brazilian authorities They identified 12 bodies 61 people died in a plane crash in the city council this Friday VinhedoIn the state St. Paul. Debris has already been removed from the accident site. Sent by security forces agents Central Institute of Medico-Law (IML) of the State.

According to a report in a local newspaper State, IML Central is closed to serve exclusively for accident victims. This Friday around 9:30 PM, under heavy rain, a truck arrived at the IML Central building. According to officials, It is used to transport bodies.

From this Saturday the bodies will be IML and The Formal identification process. Fire officials removed the bodies of 11 people from the crash site.

Helps identify bodies The family members should submit the medical examination or documents of the victims to the IML headquarters.such as radiological, medical or dental examinations.

Any dental treatment like endodontics, implant, prosthesis, panoramic, orthodontic appliances, medical treatment for prostheses like pin, plate, fracture, screw etc. Assist in the processIML reported. This happens because, he pointed out, certain elements are necessary to compare with bodies for identification. State.

IML More than 20 doctorsIn addition Forensic Odontology, Anthropology and Radiology Equipment. Five teams will be sent to Vinhedo to collect the bodies.

Device, from the airline Voepass, It fell vertically and spun itself aroundWithin a residential area, until an accident occurs in an area of ​​vegetation near a house. None of the 61 people on board survived.According to Brazilian authorities, they include 57 passengers and 4 crew members.

Colonel Cássio de Araújo de FreitasSan Pablo’s militarized police force, he assured There were no victims on the ground. Because the plane crashed into a “vacant area” in the Regando Florida condominium, an upscale urbanization.

The device, a twin-engine model ATR-72-500, Traveled between Cascaval City and San Pablo It crashed at 1:25 pm local time (4:25 pm GMT) when it was 80 kilometers from reaching its destination, Guarulhos Airport.

The plane, which was flying at an altitude of about 3,500 meters, crashed within a minute.According to the data of the special website Flightradar.

In videos broadcast on social networks, the vertical fall was filmed from different angles by several residents of Vinhedo. Several witnesses said they heard a roar before seeing the plane crash..

The crash quickly extinguished the fire, although firefighters continued to work hours later to cool the fuse.

The Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center (CENIPA) and the Central Police have started investigations to ascertain the cause of the accident. Researchers have already discovered the device’s black boxesSeniba said.

According to FlyRadar, the plane made two more flights this Friday morning before the crash.

A few minutes after hearing this news, the President of Brazil, Luis Inacio Lula da SilvaHe expressed grief over the accident and asked for a minute’s silence to pay tribute to those who lost their lives.

It was the worst plane crash on Brazilian soil since 2007, when a TAM plane skidded off the runway at Sao Paulo’s Congonhas Airport and crashed into a warehouse, killing 199 people. In 2009, a plane en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in international waters, killing all 216 people on board.