By Sebastian Rocandio
VINHEDO, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazilian civil protection groups labored by way of the evening eradicating the stays of passengers on a aircraft that crashed on Friday close to Sao Paulo, killing all 62 individuals on board.
At the least 21 our bodies had been recovered by Saturday morning, Sao Paulo state authorities stated, with two victims recognized on web site. All of the our bodies are being moved to Sao Paulo’s police morgue.
On Friday regional provider Voepass stated the aircraft was carrying 57 passengers and 4 crew, however on Saturday the agency confirmed one other unaccounted for passenger was on the flight, placing the variety of casualties at 62.
The place of the our bodies on the crashed aircraft, bodily traits, paperwork and belongings such cell telephones have been getting used to assist in identification, firefighter Maycon Cristo stated on the crash web site.
“As soon as all this proof has been collected, we are going to take away the victims from the wreckage and place them within the car to be transported to São Paulo,” he stated.
Kin of the victims have been delivered to Sao Paulo to assist present genetic materials for DNA identification of physique elements and different data on the useless, stated Sao Paulo state authorities Civil Protection Coordinator Henguel Pereira.
The aircraft, an ATR-72 turboprop, was sure for Sao Paulo from Cascavel, within the state of Parana, and crashed at round 1:30 p.m. (1630 GMT) within the city of Vinhedo, some 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Sao Paulo.
Franco-Italian ATR, collectively owned by Airbus and Leonardo, is the dominant producer of regional turboprop planes seating 40 to 70 individuals. ATR advised Reuters on Friday that its specialists have been “totally engaged” with the investigation into the crash.