On 9 August 2024, a Voepass ATR 72-500 fell from cruising altitude and crashed into a residential neighbourhood near Vinhedo, São Paulo State, killing all 62 people on board. The accident was captured on video by ground witnesses and circulated widely on social media, becoming one of Brazil’s worst aviation disasters in recent memory and drawing urgent international attention to the hazards of airframe icing on regional turboprop aircraft.
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