By Sebastian Rocandio
VINHEDO, Brazil (Reuters) -Work was underway on Saturday by Brazilian authorities in recovering the stays of passengers on a airplane that crashed on Friday within the city of Vinhedo, close to Sao Paulo, killing all 62 individuals on board.
Not less than 31 our bodies had been recovered by 1 p.m. native time (1600 GMT) on Saturday, the Sao Paulo state authorities mentioned. The our bodies of the pilot and co-pilot have been recognized, mentioned Dario Pacheco, mayor of Vinhedo.
All of the our bodies are being moved to Sao Paulo’s police morgue.
A Venezuelan man and Portuguese girl are among the many lifeless, state civil protection official Roberto Farina mentioned, including that the native consulates have already been contacted.
On Friday regional provider Voepass mentioned the airplane 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.
Authorities are utilizing seat assignments, bodily traits, paperwork and belongings akin to cell telephones to establish the victims, firefighter Maycon Cristo mentioned on the crash web site.
“Once all this evidence has been collected, we will remove the victims from the wreckage and place them in the vehicle to be transported to Sao Paulo,” he mentioned.
Family of the victims have been dropped at Sao Paulo to supply DNA samples to help in identification of the stays, mentioned state civil protection coordinator Henguel Pereira.
The airplane’s so-called “black box” containing voice recordings and flight knowledge is present process analysis, mentioned Marcelo Moreno, the top of Brazilian aviation accident investigation middle Cenipa, at a press convention in Vinhedo.
The airplane, an ATR-72 turboprop, was certain for Sao Paulo from Cascavel, within the state of Parana, and crashed round 1:30 p.m. (1630 GMT) in Vinhedo, some 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Sao Paulo. Regardless of coming down in a residential space, nobody on the bottom was damage.
The plane was flying usually till 1:21 p.m., when it stopped responding to calls, and radar contact was misplaced at 1:22 p.m., Brazil’s air pressure mentioned in a press release.
Pilots didn’t report an emergency or opposed climate circumstances, the air pressure added.
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 “fully engaged” with the investigation into the crash.