Brazil plane crash: The difficult task of identifying the victims – Searching for answers in the black boxes

Brazilian authorities on Saturday recovered the bodies of the 62 victims of the plane crash near Sao Paulo, in the southeastern part of the country, while at the same time they began the analysis of the contents of the so-called black boxes of the aircraft to ascertain the causes. The plane crashed yesterday Friday in Vientiane, a city about 80 kilometers northwest of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s financial capital. After the sudden loss of altitude and its uncontrolled spin recorded on video by residents, the aircraft crashed in a vegetated area outside a residential complex. “A total of 62 bodies (34 males and 28 females) were recovered and taken to the mortuary for identification and handover to their families,” the state government informed. Two of the bodies, those of the governor and the co-governor, have already been identified, according to the mayor of Vignetos, Dario Pasekou. The Brazilian Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center (CENIPA) is conducting an investigation and now its experts have begun to analyze the contents of the […]
Source: News Beast

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