Brazil Plane Crash Video: VoePass Flight 2283 Plummets Into Ground With 62 Feared Dead

Sao Paulo: Horrific videos of VoePass Flight 2283 plummeting to the ground surfaced after it crashed in Brazil's Sao Paulo state on Friday, carrying 58 passengers and four crew members on the ill-fated 68-seater plane. 

The local firefighters corps confirmed that the plane fell in the city of Vinhedo, but did not offer more details.

Brazil's TV GloboNews showed footage of a large area on fire and smoke coming out of an apparent plane fuselage. Additional footage on GloboNews showed a plane drifting downward vertically, spiralling as it fell.

(Republic can't verify the authenticity of the videos emerging on X at the moment)

Brazil's airport authority Infraero did not immediately confirm the information after a request from The Associated Press. No local airlines immediately reported one of their planes to be missing. 

The airline VoePass confirmed in a statement that a plane headed for Sao Paulo's international airport Guarulhos crashed with 58 passengers and 4 crew members aboard. The statement didn't say what caused the accident. 

Firefighters confirmed that the plane fell in the city of Vinhedo, but did not offer more details. The firefighter corps was dispatching teams to the crash site. 

At an event in southern Brazil, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asked the crowd to stand and observe a minute of silence.

(with AP inputs)