Vinhedo

Brazil's Cenipa released a final report on the 2024 Voepass Flight 2283 crash near Vinhedo, Sao Paulo, highlighting conflicting conclusions about the crew's use of the de-icing system. The report also points to a degraded safety culture at the airline and regulatory oversight gaps at Anac.

Brazilian air force investigators found that severe icing conditions, mechanical system failures, and pilot distractions contributed to the 2024 Voepass plane crash near Sao Paulo, which killed 62 people. The probe revealed recurring faults in the plane's de-icing system and a 'culture of normalizing deviations' at Voepass.

Brazilian air force investigators found that severe icing, mechanical system failures, and pilot distractions contributed to the 2024 Voepass plane crash that killed 62 people near Sao Paulo. The ATR 72-500 flight, traveling from Cascavel to Sao Paulo's international airport, encountered unrecoverable 'flat spin' due to ice accumulation and de-icing system faults.