BREAKING_ Passenger plane carrying 62 people crashes in Brazil

A Passenger plane carrying 62 people crashes in Brazil

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00:00Well breaking news in the past hour from Brazil where a passenger plane has

00:05crashed while flying to Sao Paulo. Local media outlets say it had 62 people on

00:11board. Let's get more on this story from our correspondent Emma Birchley who's

00:16following the updates. Emma what do we know so far?

00:20Yes 62 people on board four of whom were members of the crew. It was at 1.30 local

00:28time about half past 5 UK time that contact was lost with the aircraft. Now I

00:35must warn you we're about to show you some video of the moments as that plane

00:40loses control is spiraling downwards to the ground. So you can see it here I mean

00:46truly horrific. The plane is spirals and then hits the ground there's a pause and

00:55then a short time later a black plume of smoke rises into the sky. It came down

01:02on the city of Vinhedo in the state of Sao Paulo which is in the southeastern

01:08part of Brazil and what is very concerning is that this is a

01:16residential area we understand with a number of houses. At the moment it's not

01:21clear how many people have been killed and injured in this but you can see the

01:27flames there and there's been smoke coming from the fuselage. This an

01:32aircraft operated by a Brazilian airline called Vopass Linhas Areias based in

01:39Sao Paulo operating internal flights. This is an ATR-72 plane we're told

01:47traveling from Cascavel in the state of Paraná to Guarulhos in Sao Paulo.

01:54Seven fire crews sent but at the moment there has been no description no

02:03explanation of what may have caused this horrific crash which no doubt will

02:10result in loss of life and we know that already this evening or during the day

02:16in Brazil the President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has asked a crowd to stand for

02:23a minute silence at an event in the south of Brazil. So an aircraft coming

02:30down at around half-past five UK time with 62 people on board four of them

02:37members of the crew.