Chilling final words of pilot and co-pilot before horror plane crash

A chilling four-word plea was the final broadcast from a plane before it nosedived and met a tragic end with billowing black smoke, claiming the lives of all 62 individuals on board.

The catastrophic crash involved a commercial aircraft in Brazil this past August, with the recovered black box laying bare the pilot's and co-pilot's last exchanges. The Voepass Airlines flight, helmed by Captain Danilo Santos Romano and First Officer Humberto de Campos Alencar e Silva, forebode an ominous scene.

Amongst their last words, Humberto posed the harrowing question to Danilo, "What's going on?".

His next words were a plea for "more power", as reported by the Brazilian channel Globo. There has been no input from Cenipa, Brazil's authority for aviation accident probes, regarding the contents of Globo's report.

This ATR-72 turboprop, charting a course to Sao Paulo from Cascavel in Parana's southern region, met its fate at around 1:30 pm in the municipality of Vinhedo, reports <a href="https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/pilots-horrifying-four-word-question-1241902" rel="Follow" target="_self">the Mirror US</a>.

Observers watched helplessly as the aircraft spiraled before plunging through a wooded area, culminating in a stark column of black smoke ascending. Additionally, there was the enigma of one unexplained passenger aboard.

Initially, Voepass disclosed the plane was ferrying 57 passengers plus a crew of four; however, subsequent reports corrected this figure to include an extra albeit overlooked, traveller, adjusting the fatality count to 62. Mystery shrouds how this individual escaped the initial manifest list.

Weather experts reported severe icing conditions in Sao Paulo state around the time of the tragic crash. The aircraft was operating normally until 1.21pm, after which it ceased responding to calls and radar contact was lost at 1.22pm, according to a statement from Brazil's air force.

No emergency was reported by the plane.

Brazilian aviation engineer and crash investigator, Celso Faria de Souza, expressed near certainty that ice was the cause of the accident. ATR-72 planes have had previous issues with icing, including a devastating crash in Indiana in 1994, where 68 people lost their lives due to the plane's inability to bank because of ice buildup.

Following that incident, the manufacturer ATR enhanced its de-icing system. In 2016, an ATR-72 in Norway encountered problems due to ice accumulation on the plane, but the pilot managed to regain control.

Firefighter Maycon Cristo explained authorities used seat assignments, physical characteristics, documents, and personal belongings such as mobile phones to identify the victims.

The youngest passenger who perished in the crash was three year old Liz Ibba dos Santos, who was travelling with her father. Josgleidys Gonzalez, 29, her four year old son Joslan, her mother Maria Gladys Parra, and their six-month-old dog Luna also tragically died on Voepass Flight 2283.

Sao Paulo's morgue received the bodies and heartbreakingly had to request victims' relatives to provide medical, X-ray, and dental records to assist in identifying the bodies. Blood tests were also conducted to aid identification efforts.

Four professors from Unioeste university in western Paraná have been confirmed dead. Additionally, eight cancer specialists were among the passengers.

The group, comprising six esteemed oncologists and two resident medics in their final year of training, were travelling from their home city of Cascavel to a cancer conference in Sao Paulo when the twin-engine turboprop ATR 72-500 VoePass Airline flight tragically crashed on Friday.

Eduardo Baptistella of the Regional Medical Council expressed his sorrow: "Unfortunately we received very sad news and were able to confirm the death of eight doctors. The doctors were going to an oncology conference. These were people who dedicated their lives to saving others."

Among the doctors were radiologist Leonel Ferreira, paediatric cancer specialist Sarah Stella and Silvia Osaki. Baptistella revealed that 15 doctors had initially planned to board the ill-fated flight, but seven had taken an earlier plane.

One of the victims was Arianne Risso, a dedicated doctor who worked tirelessly to help her patients fight cancer. Risso's cousin, Stephany Albuquerque, shared that Risso had always aspired to be a doctor since her childhood and committed herself to rigorous studies, rarely leaving her house.

Risso provided care for terminally ill patients and "did everything with a lot of love," Albuquerque told AP over a phone call from Florida, where she currently resides.

"She wasn't the kind of doctor who would tell the patient, 'this is your illness, take this.' No, Arianne took care of people. ... She would give out her personal phone number to patients."

Risso, 34, was travelling with her colleague Mariana Belim, 31. Both were residents at Cascavel's cancer hospital, and a statement from the institution lauded them for their conscientiousness, care, and respect towards their patients.

"It's no wonder that praise for them both would often reach us. Their love of the profession was very clear," the hospital stated.

Willian Rodrigo Feistler, a general practitioner from Cascavel, knew six victims of the crash, including Belim, with whom he had maintained a 15-year friendship. "Mariana was serene with a melancholic temperament, but very intelligent, empathetic and devoted to her profession," Feistler shared over a phone call from Cascavel.

"She dedicated much of her life to studies and medical training. She had already specialised in clinical medicine and was completing her specialisation in clinical oncology", he added.

José Roberto Leonel Ferreira, a recently retired doctor who also perished in the crash, was one of Feistler's tutors during his undergraduate studies. He owned a radiology clinic in Cascavel.

"I went over cases with him on several occasions. He was a receptive person who helped other doctors in the discussion of cases to reach diagnoses," Feistler said. Brazil's Federal Council of Medicine has declared that the tragic loss of the doctors has plunged the nation's medical community into mourning, extending their heartfelt sympathies to the friends and family of the victims.

In the wake of the harrowing plane crash footage, numerous individuals have come forward to reveal their narrow escapes, having missed the ill-fated flight. Adriano Assis recounted his experience to Brazilian news outlet G1, explaining how he narrowly missed the 11.56am flight from Cascavel Regional Airport in Cascavel, Paraná to São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo after finishing his hospital shift late.

Assis arrived at the counter at 9.40am only to find it unattended. He grabbed a coffee and kept an eye on the departure and arrival screen for any updates on flight 2283.

"When I decided it was already 10.30am, there was a huge line here", he recalled. By around 10.40am, he was informed by an airline representative that he would no longer be able to board as it was within an hour of the boarding time.

Assis desperately implored the agent to let him on his return flight to São Paulo, but fortunately, it was futile. "At that moment, I argued with him and stuff, and that was it, and he saved my life, man," he recounted.

"He did his job because... if he hadn't done it... maybe I wouldn't be in this interview today, sorry."

Elsewhere, a young man recounted to the press how he and three mates, along with 10 others, missed their flight after waiting at the incorrect gate. "When it was 11 o'clock, I came looking here. When I looked I said, 'Man, you're not getting on that plane anymore'," he disclosed.

In a last-ditch effort, he attempted to charm a gate attendant into letting him onto the aircraft. "I said, 'Girl, put me on this plane, I have to go, I have to go'," he pleaded.

Her response was firm: "No ...What I can do for you is reschedule your flight.' So, she rescheduled it for 6.20pm."

She eventually rearranged his journey for a 6.20pm departure.