Sao Paulo plane crash: All 61 on board killed, World News
Top Stories Tamfitronics SAO PAULO - A regional turboprop plane crashed near Sao Paulo in Brazil on Friday (Aug 9), killing all 61 people on board, the airline said.Regional carrier Voepass said the plane, bound for Sao Paulo's international airport, took off from Cascavel, in the state of Parana, and crashed at around 1.30pm (1630 GMT) in the town of Vinhedo, some 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Sao Paulo.Video shared on social media showed the ATR-72 aircraft spinning out of control as it plunged down behind a cluster of trees near houses, followed by a large plume of black smoke.Nearby resident Daniel de Lima said he heard a loud noise before looking outside his condominium in Vinhedo when he saw the plane in a horizontal spiral."It was rotating, but it wasn't moving forward," he told Reuters....
