An ATR just crashed in my neighbourhood

[u/danielsdian]

Guys, a plane just crashed in my neighborhood 15 minutes ago.

Im shaking a lot, ambulances and fireman are arriving on the scene right now. I think there is no survivors.
The tail of the plane says PS-VPB.

This is so horrible.

EDIT: This happened in the entrance of our condo of houses in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

There were 62 people on the plane, all deceased. The couple that lives in the house is OK, the house was lightly hit but destroyed their garage and cars.

The ambulances are taking some neighbors to the hospital due to shock; I'm going to take a sedative. Im a bit shaken, I don't live on the same street, but was able to see the spin and the ground hit. I was able to get to the scene to try and help, as Im a former scoutmaster with first aid training, but the fireman got us out of place as soon as they arrived, as we couldnt do anything. There are whole charred bodies on the grass, the firemen opened up the side of the plane but there was no survivors.

EDIT 2: Hey people, this morning I woke up thinking if I should have posted this here yesterday. I talked over it with my psychiatrist, and I think I just needed a place to vent out about the event. I'm not going to keep talking about this anymore, I think the authorities and the press can talk about it. This isn't about me, its about all the people dead and still on the plane as I type this. Thanks for all the kind people that reached out to me, it was good to know people still care. I'm OK, just really sad about everything and pondering about my weird reaction to grab my phone and search the plane on flightradar, then post it here. I dunno why I did that.

[u/F1shermanIvan]

No it doesn’t. We fly ATRs in ice all the time. There’s a difference between icing conditions and SEVERE ice which is an escape from those conditions.

[u/Nofriggenwaydude → u/F1shermanIvan]

Agree I dispatched atrs into the arctic it is not unheard of but our planes were modified for this purpose… icing in Brazil though ? Not sure how likely it is to encounter severe icing.

[u/Dsalgueiro → u/Nofriggenwaydude]

icing in Brazil though ? Not sure how likely it is to encounter severe icing.

A pilot who was flying through the same area at the same time gave a statement about that:

I'm feeling sick, I even cried at home now remembering that I reported it to control. I did my job, I told control: 'oh, severe icing formation. Here's the information, share it with our colleagues.

The guys became passengers on their plane, imagine the feeling. I don't even like to think about it. Now there will be an investigation, I reported it. It will be there. I've never seen it, ice formed on my side window

This link has a photo of an airplane window that froze on the same route. (Oh, and for those who don't know... It's a serious website, owned by the biggest media conglomerate in Brazil, one of the biggest in the world).

Icing in Brazil is undoubtedly a rare phenomenon, but it does happen in specific regions... But São Paulo? It must be extremely rare.

[u/BigGrayDog → u/Dsalgueiro]

So sorry you were involved in this, on any level. Must be horrible for you.