A small plane crashed in Brazil’s Sao Paulo, killing two while leaving two others severely injured. According to a report, the plane, a King Air F90, came down in the Marques de Sao Vicente area of the city’s west. The report claims that the plane was attempting to make an emergency landing when it collided with a bus, the Mirror reports. It caused the vehicle to erupt into flames. Emergency services were rushed to the spot currently to assess if there are any additional casualties.
Here’s what the firefighters’ statement said
A piece of the plane hit a bus, injuring one woman inside, while a motorcyclist was struck by another piece of wreckage, the firefighters’ statement said. Both were receiving medical care.
A later statement said that four additional victims at the site were taken to hospitals in the region with minor injuries. Images on local media showed the plane’s fuselage and the bus on fire, with firefighters working to extinguish the blaze. The plane was bound for Porto Alegre, in the southern Rio Grande do Sul state.
Deadly plane crash killed 61 in Sao Paulo last year
The city of Sau Paulo also witnessed a deadly plane crash last year, which killed all 61 people aboard and left a smouldering wreck. The passenger plane had crashed into a gated residential community.
However, the officials did not confirm if anyone was killed on the ground in the neighbourhood where the plane landed in the city of Vinhedo, about 80 kilometres northwest of the metropolis of Sao Paulo.
(With inputs from AP)
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