HEADLINENEWS.NEWS Correspondents reports that a passenger plane carrying 62 people has crashed in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Footage broadcast by TV GloboNews showed a large area on fire and smoke appearing to billow from an apparent plane fuselage.
The plane carrying 62 people, including crew members, has crashed in the city of Vinhedo, Brazil, according to the local firefighters Corps, Sky News reports.
The Voepass flight, an ATR-72 plane, was travelling from Cascavel in Parana state to Guarulhos in Sao Paolo state when it went down.
Voepass has confirmed the incident but has not yet released information on potential fatalities or injuries.
The cause of the crash is still unknown.
Police and fire services are at the scene and local hospitals have been alerted.
According to tracking website Flightradar24, the plane was built in 2010 and left Cascavel at 11:56 local time (14:56 GMT). The last signal received from the aircraft was about an hour and a half later.
Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, held a minute’s silence at an event he was speaking at.
He posted on social media the news of the crash was “Very sad. All my solidarity to the families and friends of the victims.”
