Voepass Flight 2283

Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283

The aircraft involved in the crash photographed at Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport in 2023
Accident
Date	9 August 2024 (2024-08-09)
Summary	Crashed after spiral descent, under investigation
Site	Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil 23°2′59″S 47°1′11″W
Aircraft
Aircraft type	ATR 72-500
Operator	Voepass Linhas Aéreas
IATA flight No.	2Z2283
ICAO flight No.	PTB2283
Call sign	PASSAREDO 2283
Registration	PS-VPB
Flight origin	Cascavel Airport, Cascavel, Paraná
Destination	Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo
Occupants	61
Passengers	57
Crew	4
Fatalities	61
Survivors	0

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External videos
A video showing "the plane spiraling out of control as it plunged down into a cluster of trees"

Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 was a Brazilian passenger flight that crashed in Vinhedo, São Paulo, on 9 August 2024, after entering what appeared to be a flat spin. The aircraft, an ATR 72-500 turboprop airliner, was flying from Cascavel Airport, Cascavel, Paraná, to Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo, with 57 passengers and four crew members on board. The aircraft was flying at an altitude of 17,000 ft (5,200 m) when it spun out of control and entered a rapid descent at around 13:22 local time. All 61 people on board were killed. It was the first fatal accident in Brazilian commercial aviation since the 2011 crash of Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896, and the first fatal aviation incident involving Voepass Linhas Aéreas since its establishment in 1995. The crash is also the deadliest aviation incident in Brazil since TAM Airlines Flight 3054 in July 2007.

Aircraft and crew

The aircraft invloved in 2017, while still under Pelita Air Service and PK-PAV registration

The aircraft involved in the crash, 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 PW127F engines. It was acquired by Voepass in September 2022 from Indonesian carrier Pelita Air Service.

The captain was Humberto de Campos Alencar e Silva, 61, the first officer was Danilo Santos Romano, 35, and the flight attendants were Débora Soper Ávila, 28, and Rubia Silva de Lima, 41.

Crash

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Flight 2283 seconds before crashing in Vinhedo, Brazil.

The aircraft was traveling from Cascavel in the state of Paraná to São Paulo. Radar contact with the flight was lost at around 13:22 local time, and firefighters reported that the plane crashed in Vinhedo, São Paulo, 76 kilometres (47 mi) from the city of São Paulo.

In the area of the crash, there was an active SIGMET advisory for severe icing from 12,000–21,000 feet (3,700–6,400 m). Preliminary data indicated that the aircraft reached a descent rate of 13,000 feet (4,000 m) per minute. The Brazilian Air Force said in a statement that Flight 2283 did not declare an emergency.

Data from Flightradar24 shows the aircraft was travelling at cruising altitude at 17,000 feet (5,200 m) with a ground speed of 300 knots (556 km/h; 345 mph). At 13:21:00 BRT, the aircraft's speed dropped to 234 knots (433 km/h; 269 mph), dropping 300 feet (91 m) in the next three seconds. In the following two seconds, the aircraft pulled back up to 17,200 feet (5,200 m), then plummeted 13,100 feet (4,000 m) in 16 seconds before losing contact with radar at 13:21:21. The aircraft's final position was 23°2′58.0″S 47°1′12.3″W.

The plane crashed near a condominium in the Capela neighborhood in the municipality of Vinhedo. Despite earlier reports of several houses being hit by the plane, it crashed on the front yard of a house in a gated community, and nobody on the ground was killed or injured. Videos of the aircraft before it crashed were widely shared on social media, which showed the aircraft in a downward flat spin, in a slight nose-down orientation. Brazilian television news channel GloboNews interrupted Olympics coverage to broadcast from the area around the crash, showing a large amount of fire and smoke rising from the plane fuselage.

Aftermath

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was participating at 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.

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.

Investigation

The Brazilian Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center (CENIPA) has launched an investigation into the crash. CENIPA head Marcelo Moreno said on the day of the accident that the flight recorder had been retrieved.

Aviation experts interviewed by G1 on the day of the crash speculated that ice buildup could have been a factor in the crash, while stating that it was too soon to draw conclusions.

See also

• Aero Caribbean Flight 883 (ATR 72-212)
• American Eagle Flight 4184 (ATR 72-212)
• TransAsia Airways Flight 791 (ATR 72-200)
• Yeti Airlines Flight 691 (ATR 72-500)

External links

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Pre-accident pictures of aircraft at JetPhotos.com

• Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 Aviation Data – Flightradar24