In a miraculous twist, two passengers who had tickets for the ill-fated flight that crashed in Brazil on Friday, killing all 62 people on board, narrowly escaped death due to a series of fortunate travel mix-ups.
Adriano Assis and Jose Felipe, who were both booked on the doomed VoePass Flight 2283, disclosed that sheer luck played a crucial role in saving their lives, and praising the airline staff for saving their lives, reported Brazilian outlet GloboNews.
Assis explained that he mistakenly believed he was supposed to board a Latam flight.
After waiting for boarding announcements that never came, he realized he had actually been scheduled on the regional carrier Voepass flight, which tragically crashed.
Upon realizing the error, Assis hurried to the gate but was denied entry by an airline staff member.
Initially frustrated and arguing with the employee, Assis later expressed deep gratitude, acknowledging that the staff member’s decision ultimately saved his life.
“The guy said I wouldn’t be boarding anymore because it was an hour before boarding
“At that moment, I argued with him and stuff, and that was it, and he saved my life.”
A second passenger, Jose Felipe, was part of a group of ten who also mistakenly thought they were flying with LATAM. Despite trying to persuade an agent to let them board, they were denied access, a decision that ultimately spared their lives. “Thank God, we didn’t get on that plane,” Felipe said.
“We were supposed to fly with Latam, but we found out too late. We waited and waited, and nothing happened,” he added.
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The Voepass flight, bound for Vinhedo in São Paulo, crashed shortly after takeoff, resulting in the loss of all lives onboard.
The twin-engine turboprop was flying from Cascavel in the southern state of Paraná to Guarulhos airport in São Paulo city when it came down on Friday in the town of Vinhedo, Voepass airline says.
Footage circulating on social media shows a plane descending vertically, spiraling as it falls.
After initial uncertainty over the number of people on board, Voepass confirmed on Saturday that the ATR 72-500 was carrying 58 passengers and four crew. There were no survivors.
Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, expressed solidarity with the families and friends of the victims.
São Paulo’s state Governor, Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas, declared three days of mourning.
Rescue teams have removed over 20 bodies from the scene of the crash.
Authorities in Brazil are working to determine what caused a plane to crash in Sao Paulo state, killing all 62 people on board in one of the worst aviation incidents in the South American country’s history.
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