A plane carrying 58 passengers and four crew has crashed in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, local media report on Friday evening.
The twin-engine turboprop plane was flying from Cascavel in the southern state of Paraná to the main airport in São Paulo city when it came down in the town of Vinhedo, the Voepass airline said.
Footage circulating on social media showed a plane descending vertically, spiralling as it fell.
The airline said it could not confirm the status of those on board, or how the accident happened.
The plane, flight 2283, fell in the city of Vinhedo, according to Voepass Linhas Aéreas.
An area of fire and smoke was captured in footage by Brazil’s TV GloboNews. Other footage from the outlet showed a plane spiraling while falling.
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