A small aircraft crashed on an avenue in Sao Paulo shortly after taking off from a nearby private airport, killing at least two of its passengers, the local firefighter corps said in a statement.

Brazil has had a number of deadly aircraft crashes in recent years, including one last August in Vinhedo, near Sao Paulo, that was particularly shocking. That passenger plane fell in a flat spin ...

Six people on the ground were also injured by the plane, part of which struck a bus on the road when it crashed in São Paulo.