Cancer doctor and family with dog among the dead

As the investigation into the plane crash in Brazil that killed 62 people continues, more details about the victims have emerged.

Local media reported that among the dead were an oncologist, a three-year-old child, a lawyer specializing in airline lawsuits and a Venezuelan family and their dog.

All bodies have been found at the scene of Friday’s plane crash in São Paulo state.

The twin-engine turboprop plane was flying from Cascavel in the southern state of Paraná to Guarulhos airport in the city of São Paulo when it crashed on Friday in the town of Vinhedo.

Footage circulating on social media shows a plane diving vertically, in a spiral pattern as it crashes.

The plane crashed into a residential area, but no one on the ground was injured. Officials said only one home in a local apartment complex was damaged.

Two doctors from the Uopeccan Cancer Hospital in Cascavel, Mariana Belim and Ariane Risso, were among the passengers who died.

They were among eight doctors on their way to a medical conference.

Three-year-old Liz Ibba dos Santos, the youngest victim of the disaster, was traveling with her father, Rafael Fernando dos Santos. Her mother, a journalist, was not on the flight.

Other victims included a family returning to their native Venezuela after their dreams of a new life in Brazil failed to materialize.

Josgleidys Gonzalez was accompanied by her mother, Maria Gladys Parra Holguin, and her young son, Joslan Perez.

According to a family friend writing on social media, the three left the difficult economic situation in Venezuela and moved to Cascavel, but were unable to get Joslan’s papers sorted out, as he was born in Venezuela but grew up in Brazil.

As a result, they were on their way back home. Their plan was to change planes in São Paulo and fly to northern Brazil before completing the journey by bus.

Their dog Luna boarded the plane with them, as Joslan’s mother could not bear to see him separated from their pet, the family friend said. The family had vaccinated the dog as required by the airline.

The death toll also includes a lawyer, Laiana Vasatta, who served as a judge at the Paraná Court of Justice and also represented clients in lawsuits against airlines. She posted videos on social media offering guidance to consumers.

São Paulo state said it had finished removing the bodies of the victims from the crash site on Saturday evening.

The bodies – 34 men and 28 women – are being transferred to a police morgue in the city of São Paulo, where they will be identified and returned to their families, the statement added.

Authorities are still trying to determine what caused the plane to crash.

Analysis of the plane’s black boxes has begun and the Brazilian Air Force said a preliminary report would be issued within 30 days.

The plane crash was the worst in Brazil since 2007, when A TAM Express plane crashed and caught fire at São Paulo’s Congonhas airport.killed 199 people.