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Brazil: Was the plane with 61 dead caused by ice on the wings?

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<p><strong>Voepass revised the number of victims – There was an icing warning but it was within acceptable limits, said a company representative their lives 61 people – according to the airline's latest announcement – are being sought by the Brazilian authorities as the black box has also been located.</p>
<p>According to the website FlightRadar24, for the area where the twin-engine plane was flying with 57 passengers and a crew of 4, a warning had been issued for a “severe possibility of icing” at an altitude between 12,000 and 21,000 feet, adding that the plane was at 17,000 feet shortly before his crash.</p>
<p>This warning, as explained in an article by Sky News, concerns water droplets that freeze and collect on the wings and propellers causing problems with the performance of the aircraft by reducing thrust and/or lift and increasing friction.</p >
<p>For his part, <strong>Voepass</strong>'s director of aviation services told reporters that although ice was forecast, it was within acceptable limits for this type of aircraft.</p>
<p>According to the head of Brazil's air accident investigation commission, the plane that crashed “is certified in several countries to fly in icing conditions, in several of which the impact of icing is more severe.”</p>
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The twin-engine ATR-72 was flying from Cascavel of the state of Paraná with destination Guarulos airport in Sao Paulo.

The last signal received from the aircraft was about an hour and a half after take off. During the last 60 seconds of the flight, his transponder transmitted the vertical course to the ground as he lost altitude from 8,000 to 24,000 feet per minute. residents were injured by the fall. Only one house was damaged in the residential area where the crash occurred, city officials in neighboring Valinhos said.

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Source: 24h.com.cy

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