The black box recording from a Brazilian plane which crashed, killing all 62 people on board, features the co-pilot saying the aircraft needed “more power”, according to local media.
The plane was travelling from Cascavel to Sao Paulo when it crashed in a gated community around 80km away from its destination. Nobody on the ground was hurt.
Authorities investigating the accident now have the black box but its contents do not immediately explain the cause of the crash, local station TV Globo reported.
The channel said it has obtained a transcript of the black box recording, said to cover around two hours of audio.
It features the co-pilot asking the pilot what is going on and saying the plane needed “more power”, TV Globo said.
The pair had noticed a steep loss of altitude in the minute before the aircraft hit the ground, the station’s flagship news programme Jornal Nacional reported. It said screams in the seconds before the crash had also been recorded.
Flight tracker website FlightRadar24 noted the plane’s transponder recorded a vertical speed of between 8,000 and 24,000 feet per minute in its final 60 seconds in the air.
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The station added that, according to people involved in the crash investigation, analysis of the audio alone is unlikely to reveal the cause of the crash.
Authorities are said to have found no unusual sounds, such as any indicating a fire or engine breakdown, in the recording.
Brazil’s aviation accident investigation centre, Cenipa, said it “guarantees” no publication has accessed the audio or transcript, but has not commented directing on TV Globo’s report.
Videos shared on social media showed the ATR 72 aircraft spinning out of control as it plunged down behind a cluster of trees and sent black smoke into the air.
The pilots had not reported an emergency or adverse weather, the authorities previously said.