Plane crashes in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 aboard, airline says

Wreckage from a plane that crashed by a home in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil (Felipe Magalhaes Filho via AP)

A passenger plane with 61 people aboard has crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, killing all aboard, an airline said.

Voepass had earlier reported that 62 people were aboard the flight that crashed in Vinhedo, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) north west of Sao Paulo, but later updated the number to 61.