The Facts
According to officials, a plane carrying 62 people crashed outside of São Paulo Friday afternoon, leaving no survivors. It reportedly fell 17k feet within a minute's time.
According to the airline Voepass, the plane took off from the city of Cascavel in southern Paraná — roughly 450 miles from São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport — and then crashed in the city of Vinhedo.
The Spin
This tragedy has struck the hearts and minds of government officials and citizens alike. In reponse, emergency workers have been deployed to the scene, including firefighters and police as well as disaster victim identification personnel. Alongsid the initial rapid response, an investigation has been launched to find out how this could have happened.
While no one knows exactly what happened here and an investigation is needed, footage of the crash appears to show what's called an aerodynamic stall, in which there's not enough air speed over the wings to keep the plane flying. Audio also shows that the engines were still running, meaning the air didn't stall due to a loss of engine power.
