Eight cancer doctors among dead in Brazil plane crash – as seven others changed flight at last minute

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At least eight ******* doctors who were heading to an oncology conference were

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on Friday, an official has said.

The ATR 72 twin-engine plane carrying 58 passengers and four crew members was

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Guarulhos international airport when it nose-dived and crashed in Vinhedo, said Veopass airlines, which operated the aircraft.

Emergency crews on Saturday confirmed they had recovered the

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, including an unaccounted person later found to be on the plane.

An official from the Regional Medical Council said he was able to confirm the deaths of the eight doctors.

“These doctors were going to an oncology conference. These were people who dedicated their lives to saving others,” said Eduardo Baptistella, according to the Daily Mail.

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Firefighters and rescue teams work at the site in a residential area where an airplane with 62 people on board crashed in Vinhedo (AP)

He added that a total of 15 doctors were supposed to be travelling to the conference on the flight, but seven of them ended up going on an earlier service.

The Uopeccan ******* Hospital in Cascavel has confirmed to BBC Brasil that two of its ******** doctors were among the fatalities.

Parana state governor Ratinho Junior was also quoted as saying at least eight physicians were on board the flight, and that the ****** toll also included four professors at Unioeste university in western Parana.

Rescue workers and Brazilian emergency crews said the bodies of most of the victims – 34 males and 28 females – have been moved to Sao Paulo’s police morgue for identification.

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The debris of a plane is seen at the site of the ****** in Vinhedo (AP)

The bodies of the pilot and co-pilot were identified earlier on Saturday, said Dario Pacheco, the mayor of Vinhedo.

The victims include four people with dual citizenship, three Venezuelans and one Portuguese woman, said regional carrier Voepass.

Firefighters at the ****** site said officials are using seat assignments, physical characteristics, documents and belongings such as cell phones to identify the victims.

Family members of the victims are being brought to Sao Paulo to provide DNA samples for helping in the identification of ********, said state civil defence coordinator Henguel Pereira.

Investigators are analysing the

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containing voice recordings and flight data, said Marcelo Moreno, the head of Brazilian aviation accident investigation centre Cenipa, at a press conference in Vinhedo.

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