A plane with 62 people that was operated by Brazilian airline VoePass crashed in the country’s Sao Paulo state on Friday, reports say.
The aircraft involved in the burning wreckage in a residential area in the city of Vinhedo, 58 passengers and four crew were transported, according to The Associated Press. Firefighters, military police and the Civil Defense Agency all sent teams to the crash site.
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The plane crashed in the Brazilian city of Vinhedo, in the state of Sao Paulo. (Fox News)
It was unclear how many people were injured or killed. Fox News Digital has reached out to the airline.
At an event in southern Brazil, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asked the audience to stand and observe a moment of silence as he shared the news.
Authorities in Brazil near the scene of a plane crash. (Associated Press)
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He said it turned out that all the passengers and crew on board had diedwithout elaborating on how that information had been obtained.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.