Brazil's police formally accuses 16 people for plane crash that killed 62 in 2024

Brazil’s federal police have formally accused 16 current and former employees of airline Voepass for the in August 2024 plane crash that killed all 62 people on boardByMAURICIO SAVARESE Associated PressSAO PAULO -- Brazil's federal police on Thursday formally accused 16 current and former employees of airline Voepass for the Aug. 9, 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 accident 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.Brazil's federal police also accused 15 Voepass former and present employees of endangering air traffic safety resulting in a fatal disaster, which could put them in prison for up to 12 years. Additional charges against some of the group include the omission of technical failures from aircraft logbooks.The accident took happened when an ATR 72-500 twin-engine turboprop en route from Cascavel, in the southern state of Paraná, to Guarulho...