President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez expressed, on behalf of the Cuban nation, solidarity with the Brazilian people and Government for the deaths of more than 60 people in a plane crash in Sao Paulo state.
In a post on X, Diaz-Canel expressed his condolences to the families and relatives of the victims. Some 57 passengers and four crew members who were flying on an ATR-72-500 of Voepass airline lost their lives.
“I express all my solidarity to the Brazilian people and the government of President (Luis Inacio) Lula for the fatal plane crash in Sao Paulo. Our deepest condolences to the families and relatives of the victims,” Diaz-Canel wrote on the same social media. Flight 2283, the plane that crashed, had departed from the airport of Cascavel, in southern Parana, on Friday, bound for Guarulhos, in Sao Paulo, in southwestern Brazil.
With information from PL
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