A passenger plane has crashed in a residential area of a city in Brazil's Sao Paulo state. The airline has said 61 people were on board the flight. Stay here for the latest updates.
Saturday 10 August 2024 00:34, UK
That's all our live coverage of the plane crash in the state of Sao Paulo in Brazil for now.
The 61 people killed in the crash have been named by airline Voepass.
For more updates, read our lead story:
Staff from airline Voepass at the Guarulhos airport have told the Associated Press the company is working to notify victims' family members.
It said it is supporting them in a private room at the airport.
These pictures show police patrolling the street leading to the gated community where the plane crashed in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state.
Police vehicles used to carry bodies have also been seen at the crash site.
The regional plane "fell out of the AG百家乐在线官网 and exploded", a local resident has said.
Daniel de Lima told Reuters he heard a loud noise before looking outside of his condominium in Vinhedo to see the plane in a horizontal spiral.
"It was rotating, but it wasn't moving forward," he said. "Soon after it fell out of the AG百家乐在线官网 and exploded."
City officials in Valinhos, near Vinhedo, said only one home in the local condominium complex had been damaged, with none of the residents hurt.
"I almost believe the pilot tried to avoid a nearby
neighbourhood, which is densely populated," Mr de Lima added.
The Brazilian air force has said a team from its centre for the investigation and prevention of air accidents is en route to the crash site.
Brazil's Federal Police has said it has already begun its investigation and is dispatching specialists in plane crashes and the identification of disaster victims to help.
A witness who saw the plane crash has said: "I thought it was going to fall in our yard."
"It was scary, but thank God there were no victims among the locals," the resident, who gave her name as Ana Lucia, told the Associated Press.
"It seems that the 62 people inside the plane were the real victims, though."
While airline Voepass earlier said 62 people were on board the plane when it crashed, it has since issued an update to say all 61 people on the plane were killed in the crash.
Airline Voepass has confirmed all 61 people on board the plane were killed in the crash.
It said 58 passengers and four crew members were on the flight.
Earlier, the airline said 62 people were on board.
"The company regrets to inform that all 61 people on board flight 2283 died at the site," Voepass said in a statement.
"At this time, Voepass is prioritising provision of unrestricted assistance to the victims' families and effectively collaborating with authorities to determine the causes of the accident."
The aircraft's black box has been found, a Sao Paulo state official has said.
Black boxes record data from flights and are considered key to discovering what may have caused a crash.
Flight tracking site Flightradar24 says there's an "icing" warning in effect between 12,000ft and 21,000ft in the area where the aircraft came down.
Icing involves water droplets freezing and collecting on surfaces such as wings and propeller blades. It can hamper an aircraft's performance by reducing thrust, decreasing lift and increasing drag.
It also quotes data from the aircraft indicating a vertical speed of between 8,000 and 24,000ft per minute in its final 60 seconds.
Latest photos coming in show police on the street leading to the gated community where the aircraft crashed.
The Capela neighbourhood where it came down is far from the centre of Vinhedo, a prosperous city home to 77,000 residents.
