Passenger Plane Carrying 61 People Crashes in Brazil, Killing Everyone on Board

The airline VOEPASS said that its plane had 57 passengers and 4 crew members aboard when it crashed.

Wreckage from a plane that crashed by a home in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, on Aug. 9, 2024, in a still from video. Felipe Magalhaes Filho via AP

A plane that was carrying 61 people crashed near Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Friday, killing everyone on board, the airline said.

The airline VOEPASS said that its plane, an ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop, was headed for Sao Paulo’s international airport Guarulhos with 57 passengers and 4 crew members aboard when it crashed in Vinhedo. It provided a flight manifest with passenger names, but not their nationalities. A prior statement had said there were 58 passengers.