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Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283

Coordinates: 23°2′59″S 47°1′11″W / 23.04972°S 47.01972°W / -23.04972; -47.01972
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Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283
PS-VPB, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in November 2023
Accident
Date9 August 2024 (2024-08-09)
SummaryCrashed after entering spin, under investigation
SiteVinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil
23°2′59″S 47°1′11″W / 23.04972°S 47.01972°W / -23.04972; -47.01972
Aircraft
Aircraft typeATR 72-500
Aircraft nameMaritaca
OperatorVoepass Linhas Aéreas
IATA flight No.2Z2283
ICAO flight No.PTB2283
Call signPASSAREDO 2283
RegistrationPS-VPB
Flight originCascavel Airport
DestinationGuarulhos International Airport
Occupants62
Passengers58
Crew4
Fatalities62
Survivors0
Map
Flight path of Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 (map data)

On 9 August 2024, Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283, an ATR 72-500 flying a scheduled domestic Brazilian passenger flight from Cascavel to Guarulhos with 58 passengers and 4 crew members on board, crashed in Vinhedo, São Paulo. The aircraft was flying at an altitude of 17,000 ft (5,200 m) prior to stalling and entering a flat spin with a rapid descent at around 13:22 BRT.

All 62 people on board were killed. The crash was the deadliest aviation accident in Brazil since TAM Airlines Flight 3054 in July 2007.

The Brazilian Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center (CENIPA) has launched an investigation into the crash. In the initial aftermath of the crash, aviation experts speculated that ice buildup could have been a factor. Both flight recorders have been recovered and sent to CENIPA.

Background

Aircraft

The aircraft involved, registered as PS-VPB, was a 14-year-old twin-engine turboprop ATR 72-500 with serial number 908, powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127M engines.[1][2][3] It was acquired by Voepass in September 2022 from Indonesian carrier Pelita Air Service.[4]

Crew and passengers

The pilot-in-command was Captain Danilo Santos Romano, 35, the co-pilot was First Officer Humberto de Campos Alencar e Silva, 61,[5] while the flight attendants were Débora Soper Ávila, 28,[6] and Rubia Silva de Lima, 41.[5] All the passengers and crew were Brazilian, although four of the passengers had dual citizenship—three Venezuelan and one Portuguese.[7][8][9] The victims included eight doctors, including six oncologists, who were on board the plane for a cancer conference in São Paulo,[10] four professors from Western Paraná State University, two staff members of the Federal University of Technology – Paraná and one child.[11][12] At least 10 passengers were unable to board the aircraft after having waited for the flight at the wrong gate at Cascavel Airport.[13]

Crash

The aircraft was traveling from Cascavel in the state of Paraná to the city of São Paulo.[13]

In the area of the crash, there was an active SIGMET advisory for severe icing from 12,000 to 21,000 feet (3,700 to 6,400 m).[1][2][14] Meteorological reports at the time of the accident indicated that areas of turbulence, thunderstorms and icing were present in areas surrounding the accident.[15] The Brazilian Air Force said in a statement that the flight did not declare an emergency.[16]

According to Flightradar24, the aircraft was cruising at 17,000 feet (5,200 m) when, at 13:21 local time, the aircraft experienced a brief loss of altitude then briefly gained altitude.[15] Shortly thereafter, the aircraft entered what appeared to be a flat spin[17][18] and a steep and terminal descent. The last data transmission and loss of radar contact occurred at 13:22, before the crash. ADS-B data indicated that the aircraft had reached a maximum vertical descent rate of 24,000 feet per minute (120 m/s).[15][19][16]

Firefighters reported that the plane crashed in Vinhedo in the state of São Paulo,[20] 76 kilometres (47 mi) northwest of the city of São Paulo.[21] The plane crashed near a condominium in the Capela neighborhood.[22] Despite earlier reports of several houses being hit by the plane,[13] it crashed in the front yard of a house in a gated community, and nobody on the ground was killed or injured.[23] Videos of the aircraft before it crashed showed it in a downward flat spin, in a slight nose-down orientation, and were widely shared on social media.[13][21] Brazilian television news channel GloboNews interrupted Olympics coverage to broadcast from the area around the crash, showing fire and smoke rising from the plane fuselage.[20][24][25] All 62 people on board the aircraft, 58 passengers and 4 crew, were killed.[26][27] Most of the bodies found in the crash site were charred, making the identification of the victims difficult.[28] An eyewitness reported seeing three bodies ejected from the plane and falling into a backyard;[29] this was later refuted by firefighters, who stated that no bodies had been ejected and all were found in their seats.[13]

Aftermath

Comments by President Lula and request for a moment of silence (English subtitles)

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was attending an event in the south of the country when he received news of the crash, and requested a moment of silence at the event for those on board. Later that evening, he declared three days of national mourning in response to the crash.[20]

The governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, and the governor of Paraná, Ratinho Júnior, announced that they would return from an event in Espírito Santo.[30]

It was the first fatal crash in Brazilian commercial aviation since Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896 in 2011, and the first involving Voepass Linhas Aéreas since its establishment in 1995.[31][32] The crash was the deadliest in Brazil since TAM Airlines Flight 3054 in July 2007.[22]

Investigation

The Brazilian Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center (CENIPA) has launched an investigation into the crash. Investigators from the French Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) and Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) also joined the investigation, representing the country where the aircraft and engines, the ATR 72 and the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127M, were manufactured respectively.[1] CENIPA's head, Marcelo Moreno, said on the day of the crash that both flight recorders – the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and the flight data recorder (FDR) – had been recovered and were in CENIPA's possession.[33][34] The bodies of the victims were taken to the Central Medicolegal Institute in São Paulo for processing.[22] By 11 August, local emergency services reported that all bodies had been removed from the crash site and the wreckage had been handed over to CENIPA for further investigation. On the same day, CENIPA announced that flight recorder data had been downloaded and was being analyzed.[1]

In the initial aftermath of the crash, aviation experts speculated that ice buildup could have been a factor, while stating that it was too soon to draw conclusions.[35] The crash has been compared to American Eagle Flight 4184, in which the pilots lost control after the aircraft encountered severe icing conditions.[7][36] ATR had since improved the de-icing systems used on its aircraft. The aircraft used for Flight 2283 had a system of rubber tubes on the wings that can inflate and deflate in order to break up ice.[37][38]

See also

References

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