RIO DE JANEIRO — An ATR-72 turboprop plane operated by regional carrier Voepass crashed on Friday in a residential area near Sao Paulo , Brazil, killing all 62 passengers aboard. RELATED: Brazilian plane spins before crashing, killing all 61 on board Investigators have recovered the plane’s so-called black box containing voice recordings and flight data, with a preliminary report expected within 30 days, the head of Brazil’s aviation accident investigation center, Cenipa, said on Sunday. The plane was bound for Sao Paulo from Cascavel, in the state of Parana, and crashed at around 1:30 p.
m. (1630 GMT) in Vinhedo , some 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Sao Paulo. The aircraft was flying normally until 1:21 p.
m., when it stopped responding to calls, and radar contact was lost at 1:22 p.m.
, Brazil’s air force said in a statement. The plane did not report any emergency. Videos of the event show that the sky was apparently clear when the plane started spiraling in an unusual circling motion.
U.S. aviation safety expert Anthony Brickhouse said investigators would look at aspects like weather and examine to what extent the engines and controls were functioning properly, to help identify what caused the loss of control.
Videos of the crash analyzed by aviation experts led some to speculate that ice had built up on the plane. On Friday, Voepass said ice was predicted at the altitudes in which the plane was flying, but that it should have been within an acceptable level. Brazilian.