Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, confirmed the crash while speaking during an event shortly after the crash.
“I have to be the bearer of really bad news,” the president said, stressing the fact of the crash and asking for a minute of silence for the victims.
Airline Voepass said the plane, which had taken off from Cascavel, in the state of Parana, and was bound for Sao Paulo’s main international airport, crashed in Vinhedo, a town about 80 kilometres northwest of Sao Paulo.
The aircraft was listed by flight tracker FlightRadar24 as an ATR 72-500 turboprop.
