Two travellers who were stranded on the plane that crashed in Brazil on Friday, killing all 61 passengers on board, are speaking out about their experiences.
Adriano Assis was in a hurry to Cascavel Regional Airport. catch He arrived at the airport at around 9:40 a.m. to board a Voepass Airlines flight scheduled to take off at 11:56 a.m. Daily Mail Reported.
Incredible story of passenger who missed fateful Voepass flight: ‘I begged to be let on’ before plane crashed in Brazil https://t.co/lkMTZX7mYl pic.twitter.com/J9ZDIcWJF9
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“I waited until about 10:40am. [Then] The man said that we couldn’t board the plane anymore because it was an hour before the flight. [takeoff]” he explained, adding that he begged the attendant to put him on a flight back to São Paulo.
“I had an argument with him at the time and that was it. He saved my life. He did his job. If he hadn’t done that, I might not be having this interview today. I’m sorry,” he said.
Another man said he was among several friends who were waiting at the wrong gate. When he finally got to the correct gate, he also tried to get clearance to board, but an agent told him they could only reschedule the flight, which she did.
The plane crashed in Vinhedo. A resident, calling herself Natalie Chicalli, told the BBC she had been eating lunch when she heard a loud noise. Reported Saturday.
When he went outside, he saw the plane spinning in the air and described the moment it crashed as “terrifying.”
Video footage show The plane rolled ominously in the air before crashing to the ground, minutes after which black smoke rose from the crash site.
According to AFP, the plane was an ATR 72-500 en route from Cascavel to Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo.
“Cascavel Mayor Leonardo Paraños confirmed the 62 deaths on social media, calling it a ‘tragedy for all of us’ and saying authorities were holding funerals for the families of passengers,” the article reported. Vinhedo city hall said there were 61 people on board the plane, including the crew.
According to New York Post, pilot Captain Danilo Santos Romano, 35, had 10 years of aviation experience.
Death toll rises to 62 in Brazil plane crash, pilot identified https://t.co/n5Mxfp7UZ8 pic.twitter.com/je7TKS49MC
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of Mail A team from the Center for Aviation Accident Investigation and Prevention will investigate the incident, it said.
