Brazil recovers bodies of 62 victims from plane crash site

Experts begin to examine aircraft's black boxes for cause of disaster

VINHEDO, Brazil — Brazilian authorities on Saturday finished recovering the bodies of the 62 people who died when their plane tumbled from the sky, as experts began examining the doomed aircraft's black boxes to determine the cause of the disaster.

Videos showed the ATR 72-500 plane in a sickening downward spin on Friday before it crashed into a residential area in the town of Vinhedo, some 80 kilometers northwest of Brazil's financial capital Sao Paulo.

The plane, operated by airline Voepass, fell almost vertically, landed on its belly and exploded in flames, striking with such force that it was nearly "flattened", said Sao Paulo fire lieutenant Olivia Perroni Cazo.