WATCH: Moment plane with 62 people on board tragically crashed in Brazil

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Sao Paulo, Brazil - A plane with 62 passengers aboard en route to Sao Paulo from the Cascavel airport in the southern state of Parana crashed in a residential area within the Brazilian state’s outskirts on Friday, August 9.

According to the BBC, all the 62 people on board died.

There are no survivors after a plane carrying 62 people plummeted into a residential area in the state of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Photo credit: JurgaR
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VoePass airline — owners of the crashed plane — said it had 58 passengers and four crew members aboard, according to the Associated Press.

Al Jazeera reported that only one home in a local residential complex had been damaged in the area where the plane fell but none of the residents were hurt.

Video footage circulating on social media shows the plane spiralling downward before crashing. The unfortunate moment resulted in a large fire, with black smoke billowing from what appeared to be the plane's fuselage amidst the houses.

Watch the moment the ill-fated plane fell below:

Plane crash: Brazil's president mourns

Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, had also said earlier that it appears that all passengers are presumed dead.

He said in a social media post:

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Source: Legit.ng