A passenger plane crashed in Brazil on Friday, with all 62 persons on board feared dead according to authorities.
According to the airline, the Voepass plane which was traveling from Cascavel, Brazil, to Guarulhos Airport, near Sao Paulo, suddenly fell close to a residential building in Vinhedo, outside the city.
The two-engine ATR 72 model had 58 passengers and four crew members on board, all believed to be dead, according to the military police.
The crash was reported to military police at 1:28 p.m. local time.
As at the time of this report, the cause of the crash is still unknown.
Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at an event Friday, asked the crowd to observe one minute of silence for the victims of the crash.
The Brazilian Civil Aviation agency said it will be launching a full investigation to determine the cause of the incident.