At least eight cancer doctors who were heading to an oncology conference were among dozens 62 people k*lled in a plane crash in Brazil’s Vinhedo on Friday, an official has said, according to Independent.
An official from the Regional Medical Council said he was able to confirm the d*aths of the eight doctors.
“These doctors were going to an oncology conference. These were people who dedicated their lives to saving others,” said Eduardo Baptist
He added that a total of 15 doctors were supposed to be travelling to the conference on the flight, but seven of them had taken an earlier service.
The bodies of all 62 victims of a stunning plane crash in Brazil in which the aircraft plummeted to the ground in a residential neighborhood have been recovered, government officials said Sunday.
Investigators finished a search for victims at the site of the crash outside Sao Paulo on Saturday night, according to the state government in Sao Paulo, located in southeast Brazil. The cause of the Friday crash is still unknown.
Dozens of families of victims descended on a medical facility Sunday to help identify their loved ones.
The remains of all 62 victims − 34 males and 28 females − were taken to a central police medical facility after responders completed their recovery efforts at 10:45 p.m. Saturday, about 33 hours after the crash, the Sao Paulo state government said in a Sunday statement. At least 31 bodies had been recovered as of Saturday afternoon.
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