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By Al Jazeera
Aug 11, 2024

Brazilian authorities recover bodies, probe cause of deadly plane crash

Civil defence teams are working to recover bodies of 58 passengers, four crew killed in fiery crash in Sao Paulo state.

Authorities in Brazil are working to determine what caused a plane to crash in Sao Paulo state, killing all 62 people on board in one of the worst aviation incidents in the South American country’s history.

Civil defence teams worked through the night into Saturday to recover the remains of passengers and crew members killed when the Voepass airline flight crashed in a fiery inferno near the city of Vinhedo.

At least 31 bodies had been recovered by 1pm local time (16:00 GMT) on Saturday, the Sao Paulo state government said. The bodies of the pilot and co-pilot were identified, said Dario Pacheco, mayor of Vinhedo.

All the bodies were being moved to the police morgue in Sao Paulo, about 80km (50 miles) southwest of Vinhedo.