Brazil: 62 bodies recovered from plane crash wreckage

Brazilian authorities have recovered the bodies of the 62 people who died

when their plane tumbled from the sky.

Experts have commenced examination of the doomed aircraft’s black boxes

to determine the cause of the disaster, and while, two have already been

identified through fingerprints, with Vinhedo Mayor Dario Pacheco saying

they were the pilot and co-pilot.

The center’s chief, Marcelo Moreno said,.the twin-engine turboprop, built by

aviation firm ATR, was flying from Cascavel in southern Parana state to Sao

Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport, while, experts from Brazil’s

Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center have begun

analyzing two black boxes recovered from the wreckage, containing cabin

conversations and in-flight data,

Brazilian Air Force said, it plans to publish a preliminary report “within an

estimated 30 days, while, a joint subsidiary of European giant Airbus and

Italy’s Leonardo, said its experts will assist in the investigation, while, the

plane, in use since 2010, was in compliance with current standards, and the

National Civil Aviation Agency said, the four crew members were all fully

certified.

Voepass’s operations director, Marcel Moura, said the plane had undergone

routine maintenance the night before the accident and that “no technical

problems” were found.


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