Huge plumes of smoke were seen across Sao Paulo today after a plane crashed in the city.

According to reports online, the plane was a King Air F90 light aircraft and crashed in the western part of the city in an area called Marquês de São Vicente.

It’s understood that the aircraft landed on a bus when it crashed, with the vehicle bursting into flames. There is currently no information about the victims.

The fire department told local media that the 732 bus, which was from the Santa Brigida bus company, had no passengers on board at the time of the crash. They added that there were no victims on the ground.

The plane, which had capacity for eight passengers, left Campo de Marte at 7:15 in the morning, pilots operating in the same area this morning told TV Globo.

Before the crash, the plane is thought to have tried to make an emergency landing on the runway of the avenue.

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