00:00Brazilian civil defense teams worked through the night to recover the remains of passengers
00:07from a plane that crashed on Friday near Sao Paulo, killing all 62 people on board.
00:13The Sao Paulo state government reported that by Saturday morning at least 21 bodies had
00:18been recovered, with two victims identified at the scene.
00:22All the bodies are being transferred to Sao Paulo's police morgue.
00:26On Friday, regional carrier Vopass stated that the plane was carrying 57 passengers
00:32and four crew members.
00:33However, on Saturday, the airline confirmed an additional unaccounted-for passenger was
00:39on the flight, bringing the total number of casualties to 62.
00:43Captain Macon Christo of the local fire department told reporters that all evidence that could
00:48assist in the identification process was being collected before each body was removed.
00:54Considering the physical characteristics of the people, even a document, a cell phone
01:00that some victims had on their pockets and were still there, considering their positioning
01:06on the aircraft in relation to the seat, who was sitting in each seat, so there are several
01:11factors that collaborate for this identification.
01:15Once all this evidence is collected, we remove the victim from the wreckage and then put
01:22A civil defense coordinator for Sao Paulo state said that relatives of the victims have
01:39been brought to Sao Paulo to provide genetic material for DNA identification and other
01:44information to assist in identifying the deceased.
01:47The aircraft, an ATR-72 turboprop, was en route from Cascavel in the state of Paraná
01:53to Sao Paulo when it crashed around 1.30pm local time in the town of Vinhedo, approximately
02:0080 kilometers northwest of Sao Paulo.
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