Air Brigadier Marcelo Moreno (L) of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and head of the Air Accident Investigation and Prevention Center (CENIPA) speaks next to Colonel and chief of CENIPA, Carlos Henrique Baldin, during a press conference about the plane that crashed in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo State, killing 61 people, in Brasilia on August 9, 2024. An airplane carrying 57 passengers and four crew crashed on August 9 in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, killing everyone on board, local officials said. The aircraft, a French-made ATR 72-500 operated by the airline Voepass, was travelling from Cascavel in southern Parana state to Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos international airport when it crashed in the city of Vinhedo.
