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Two would-be passengers say they cheated dying on Friday after a mix-up resulted in them lacking their flight aboard the doomed VoePass airliner which crashed in Brazil and killing all 62 individuals on board.
The two passengers have been scheduled to fly on the ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop however informed a Brazilian information outlet how they did not make the flight, which ended up saving their lives. One of them mentioned they have been a part of a gaggle of 10 who missed the ill-fated flight.
One man, Adriano Assis, informed GloboNews that he had completed his shift at a hospital and made it to the LATAM Airlines counter at round 9:40 a.m. for the 11:56 a.m. flight from Cascavel to Guarulhos.
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The passengers have been resulting from board VoePass Flight 2283 crashed right into a residential space within the Brazilian metropolis of Vinhedo, killing all 62 individuals on board. (FRESH)
Assis mentioned that he seen that there have been no brokers on the the LATAM desk so he grabbed a espresso whereas wanting on the departure and arrival screens for updates on Flight 2283.
“The microphone didn’t say anything, the boards didn’t say anything about the flight either,” he mentioned.
He mentioned that he realized that he had really booked his flight with the airline VoePass, not LATAM. He then made his technique to a counter however there was an enormous line and by the point he bought to an agent it was too late for entry.
“The guy said I wouldn’t be boarding anymore because it was an hour before boarding,” Assis mentioned.
He mentioned he pleaded with the agent to permit him to board the flight however the agent refused.
“I argued with him and stuff, and that was it, and he saved my life, man,” he informed the outlet as he teared up with emotion. “He did his job because… if he hadn’t done it… maybe I wouldn’t be in this interview today, sorry.”
VoePass Flight 2283 crashed right into a residential space within the metropolis of Vinhedo, carrying 57 passengers and 4 crew, in response to The Associated Press.
Footage confirmed the airplane drifting downward vertically, spiraling because it fell. The wreckage website confirmed an space on fireplace with smoke popping out of an obliterated airplane fuselage. Firefighters, army police and the civil protection authority all dispatched groups to the crash website.
Another passenger, Jose Felipe, mentioned he was a part of a gaggle of 10 individuals who made the identical mistake.
“I thought I was going to leave on LATAM which was closed,” he informed GloboNews.
“Thank God, we didn’t get on that plane. We didn’t know it was going to be with that company [VoePass], we thought it was going to be with LATAM, and LATAM was closed. I even arrived early [at the airport] and waited, waited and nothing.”
When he discovered an agent, he mentioned he pressured the employee to get him on the flight.
“Sir, I have to get on this plane. I have to go,” Felipe mentioned he informed the airline employee, who refused to board him citing he was previous the boarding time restrict.
“And he said there was no way and what I can do for you is reschedule your ticket,” Felipe mentioned.
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An aerial view of the wreckage. (MIGUEL SCHINCARIOL / AFP))
The Capela neighborhood the place the airplane crashed sits removed from the middle of the town that is dwelling to 77,000 residents.
At an occasion in southern Brazil on Friday, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva requested the gang to face and observe a minute of silence as he shared the information.
VoePass employees on the Guarulhos airport informed the Associated Press that the corporate was notifying victims’ relations and supporting them at a personal room within the airport.
He mentioned that it appeared that every one passengers and crew aboard had died, with out elaborating as to how that info had been obtained.
Aviation knowledgeable and former pilot Arthur Rosenberg mentioned video of the airplane seems to point out the airliner stalling in midair.
“A stall is when the plane is not moving through the air fast enough, forward motion, to be able to maintain lift to stay in the air,” he informed Fox News Channel’s “The Story.” “The sound tells me there was something wrong with one or both engines.”
This picture reveals an aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 individuals on board in Vinhedo, São Paulo State, Brazil, on Aug. 10, 2024. (Nelson ALMEIDA / AFP)
The radar information reveals a “rapid descent,” which may have been attributed to an engine failure or another malfunction, he mentioned.
“It looked like it dropped 17,000 feet in about two minutes,” Rosenberg mentioned.
The airliner is an ATR 72-500 twin-engine turboprop which is used for shorter flights.
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In a press release, the airplane’s producer, French-Italian ATR, mentioned firm specialists are “fully engaged to support both the investigation and the customer.”
The airplane’s black field, or flight information recorder, has been recovered by officers.
Fox News’ Greg Norman and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
