Lula da Silva declared mourning in memory of the 61 victims of the plane crash in Brazil

Lula da Silva. Photo by Adriano Machado / Reuters
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has declared three days of mourning in the country in connection with the plane crash in Sao Paulo State, in which 61 people died. He wrote about this on the social network X.
“In memory of the 61 victims of the tragic incident in Vinyedu, we declare official mourning in the country for 3 days,” the head of state wrote, publishing the text of the relevant decree.
A twin-engine passenger plane carrying 68 people crashed in the Brazilian municipality of Vignedo on Friday, August 9. There were four crew members and 57 passengers on board. According to flight monitoring, he was at an altitude of 17,200 feet a minute before the crash.