A Beech F90 King Air crashed into vehicles on a busy avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, resulting in two fatalities. The aircraft, en route to Porto Alegre, lost contact with air traffic control shortly after takeoff. Besides the two confirmed deaths, several others sustained injuries, including a motorcyclist and a woman on a bus that was involved in the crash.
Two people have died after a plane crash ed into vehicles on a busy road in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo . A fire department spokesperson confirmed the deaths, after two bodies were found in the wreckage of the aircraft. The plane - a small twin-engine Beech F90 King Air - crashed on Marques de Sao Vicente Avenue in Barra Funda at around 7.20am local time. Images and video footage show a bus on fire in the aftermath.
Another two people - a motorcyclist, and a woman who was on the bus - were injured after they were struck by debris from the explosion and taken to hospital for treatment, CNN Brasil reported. The other passengers on the bus managed to get out safely. Four other people suffered minor injuries. The aircraft had earlier left Campo de Marte Airport, the Brazilian television news channel reported. The control tower lost contact with the plane minutes later. The plane was heading to the city of Porto Alegre in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, according to the broadcaster. The cause of the crash is being investigated
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