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Plane carrying 62 people crashes near Sao Paulo, burning. No survivors.

Sao Paulo: A plane carrying 58 passengers and four crew crashed Friday 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.

Brazilian television network showed footage of a large area on fire and smoke coming out of an apparent plane fuselage in a residential area full of houses. Additional footage showed a plane drifting downward vertically, spiralling as it fell.

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