All 61 people, 57 passengers and 4 crew on board flight 2283 of Voepass  ATR 72-500, twin engine turboprop plane, which dropped 17, 000 feet in just one minute, has died at the site of Valinhos, the town of   ionhedos outskirts of Sao Paulo. The flight left Cascavel, in Brazilian state of Parana, and was en route to Guaraulhos,in Sao Paulo state, when it lost signal before 1:30 p, local time according to Flightradar24 data. Authorities found the black box at the crash site, Sao Paulo’s Security Secretary Guilherme Derrite said at a press conference,

Social media videos of the crash showed the plane spiralling out of the sky before hitting the ground as people in  the neighbourhood shouted in fear. Many victims remains are too badly burned for visual identification, he said.

Brazilian Airline Voepass had confirmed on Friday that their plane crashed north-east of the City of Sao Paulo.