Brazil police formally accuse 16 people over Voepass plane crash that killed 62 in 2024 | National News

On Aug 7, 2026

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police on Thursday formally accused 16 current and former employees of airline Voepass for the 2024 crash that killed all 62 people on board the plane. Investigators named several acts of alleged malpractice, omission and negligence by the company.

Voepass owner and president José Luiz Felicio Filho was among those formally accused in the crash that took place in the city of Vinhedo, outside Sao Paulo. Local prosecutors must still decide whether he and the other accused will be charged at a date to be determined.

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