On a Friday afternoon in August, a regional passenger plane operated by Voepass, bound from Cascavel in Paraná toward Guarulhos near São Paulo, fell from the sky in about a minute and took all sixty-two people aboard with it. By Sunday the wreckage had been searched row by row and every body recovered, yet the reason the aircraft lost its height so abruptly remains unknown, and most of the dead still wait to be named. It is the kind of loss that asks a community to grieve before it can understand, and families now turn to their own medical records to bring their people back into the human ledg
All 62 Bodies Recovered From Brazil Plane Crash Site Outside São Paulo; Cause Still Unknown
All 62 people on board were killed, including young children, a couple leaving three children behind, and four dual nationals from Venezuela and Portugal.
Crews are working row by row to identify the 62 dead
Mark
Sixty-two people, and all recovered already. Why does that matter now?
Mimi
Because it closes the first stage. The site is cleared, but identifying people is a separate task, and only the pilot and co-pilot have names confirmed so far.
Mark
Why is identification so hard?
Mimi
The fire brigade says the bodies are in conditions that make it difficult. That's why the state is asking families for radiological, medical and dental records.
Luke
Worth saying plainly: the cause is unknown. The 17,000 feet in one minute is a reported figure, and nothing in this report explains it.
Mark
There's a lot of detail about who was aboard.
Mimi
A 3-year-old girl and her father, a 4-year-old boy with his dog, a couple with three children. Four passengers held dual nationality: three Venezuelans, one Portuguese.
Luke
The girl and her father come from the Santa Catarina prosecutor's office, where he worked. That's attribution, not something we've independently seen.
Mark
What happens next?
Mimi
Three days of mourning in São Paulo, and wake preparations in Cascavel starting Monday, per CNN Brasil.
Luke
And no timeline for the investigation, so anything about the cause is still guesswork.
O Pulso
- A plane carrying 62 people fell roughly 17,000 feet in about a minute, and no one has yet explained why.
- Fire crews have moved through the wreckage row by row, and the bodies of all 62 have now been recovered.
- Identification is slow because the remains are badly damaged, so the state is asking families for radiological, medical and dental records.
- Only the pilot and co-pilot have been named so far, while three days of mourning are set in São Paulo and a wake is being prepared in Cascavel.
On a Friday afternoon in August, a regional passenger plane operated by Voepass, bound from Cascavel in Paraná toward Guarulhos near São Paulo, fell from the sky in about a minute and took all sixty-two people aboard with it. By Sunday the wreckage had been searched row by row and every body recovered, yet the reason the aircraft lost its height so abruptly remains unknown, and most of the dead still wait to be named. It is the kind of loss that asks a community to grieve before it can understand, and families now turn to their own medical records to bring their people back into the human ledger.
By Sunday, the work at the crash site outside São Paulo had come to its painful end. All 62 bodies had been recovered from the passenger plane that went down on Friday afternoon, the state government said, and the dead were 34 men and 28 women. Only the pilot and co-pilot have been identified so far.
The Voepass flight had left Cascavel, in Paraná, bound for Guarulhos when it lost signal. The aircraft fell about 17,000 feet in roughly a minute. Footage shared online showed the descent and then the fuselage burning on the ground. Why it fell has not been established.
Recovery has been slow and careful. Crews moved through the aircraft row by row, and the condition of the remains makes identification hard, so the state has asked families for medical, radiological and dental records. Among the dead were a 3-year-old girl travelling with her father, a 4-year-old boy travelling with his pet dog, and a couple who leave three children behind. Four passengers also held a second nationality, three of them Venezuelan, including the boy, his mother and his grandmother.
São Paulo has declared three days of official mourning, and preparations for a wake in Cascavel are expected to begin Monday. What remains open is the central question of what made the plane lose altitude, and the naming of most of the victims still lies ahead.
By Sunday, the work at the crash site outside São Paulo had reached its end: all 62 bodies had been recovered from the wreckage of the passenger plane that went down on Friday afternoon, the São Paulo state government said. The dead were 34 men and 28 women. Only two of them, the pilot and the co-pilot, have been identified so far.
The flight belonged to the regional airline Voepass. It had taken off from Cascavel, in the state of Paraná, and was headed for Guarulhos, in São Paulo state, when it lost signal. Everyone on board was killed. According to the reporting, the aircraft dropped 17,000 feet in about a minute. Why it fell has not been established. Footage circulating on social media showed the plane's descent and, afterward, the destroyed fuselage burning on the ground.
The recovery has been slow and painstaking. Maycon Cristo, a spokesperson for the São Paulo fire brigade, told CNN that crews were moving through the aircraft row by row to retrieve the bodies and identify them. The condition of the remains makes identification difficult. To help, the state government asked families to submit medical documentation of the victims, such as radiological, medical or dental exams.
Details about the people on board are emerging. One of the dead was a 3-year-old girl, who was traveling with her father. According to the Public Prosecutor's Office of Santa Catarina, where the man worked, both were killed. Another victim was a 4-year-old boy who was traveling with his pet dog. Among the passengers was also a couple who leave behind three children.
Voepass said every passenger carried Brazilian documents, and that four of them also held another nationality: three Venezuelan and one Portuguese. The three Venezuelans were the boy, his mother and his grandmother, all traveling together with the dog.
The State of São Paulo has declared three days of official mourning for the victims. In Cascavel, where the flight began, preparations for a wake are expected to start Monday, according to CNN's affiliate CNN Brasil.
What remains open is the central question. Investigators have not said what caused the plane to lose altitude so abruptly, and the identification of 60 of the 62 victims is still ahead, dependent on the records families can provide.
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Officials are working row by row through the aircraft to retrieve and identify the bodies, which are in conditions that make identification difficult.— Maycon Cristo, São Paulo fire brigade spokesperson
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