Final Cenipa Report Finds Icing, Crew Errors and Oversight Failures Caused Voepass Crash

Overview

• The final Cenipa report, published Thursday, July 23, 2026, concluded that a chain of factors led to the August 9, 2024 crash of Voepass flight 2283 in Vinhedo that killed 62 people.
• Investigators show the ATR issued multiple warnings — ice detection, Cruise Speed Low, degraded performance and stall alerts — that were not handled properly because crews were distracted, failed to switch on de‑icing and did not follow emergency procedures.
• The probe found unreported failures in the wing de‑icing system on earlier flights and a broken windshield wiper that, given rain forecasts, meant the aircraft should not have been dispatched.
• Cenipa said ANAC audits since 2022 logged thousands of questionings and 46 aircraft suspensions at Voepass but that those actions did not stop a culture of under‑reporting defects and did not fully mitigate the safety risks; ANAC has up to 120 days to assess the recommendations.
• As a direct outcome ATR revised its maintenance manual and rolled out APM version 2.0 — an EASA‑certified software update that reduces intermittent alert flicker and tightens performance monitoring — while the Polícia Federal criminal inquiry and civil claims continue and may lead to indictments or lawsuits.