Brazilian President Lula da Silva announced that 58 passengers and four crew members died in the passenger plane that crashed yesterday in the city of Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state.
62 PEOPLE DIED
Brazilian President Lula da Silva said in a statement after the accident in the city of Vinhedo, Sao Paulo, “I ask everyone to stand up and observe a minute of silence. Because a plane with 58 passengers and 4 crew members crashed in the city of Vinhedo, Sao Paulo, and apparently all of them lost their lives.”
FIRST THE SIGNAL WAS LOST
Authorities said the small twin-engine passenger plane was en route from the city of Cascavel in the state of Parana to Sao Paulo when it lost signal at around 1:30 p.m. local time.
A BUILDING WAS DAMAGED
Brazil’s Civil Defense said in a statement that the plane damaged a building as it crashed, but no one in the building was injured.
THE COFFEE HE DRINKS SAVED HIS LIFE
It turned out that there was a passenger who missed the crashed plane because he was drinking coffee.
The passenger, who was unable to board the plane with no survivors, answered questions from the press.