Sao Paulo plane crash

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire after the plane, with 176 people on board, skidded off a runway in driving rain, crashed into a fuel and cargo depot and burst into flames Photograph: Evelson de Freitas, Agencia Estado/AP

Overview of the scene at Congonhas airport Photograph: Ernesto Rodriguez/EPA

Firefighters try to control the fire at Congonhas airport Photograph: Paulo Pinto/EPA

People and rescue workers at the site where the TAM airlines commercial plane crashed Photograph: Marcelo Min/AP

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at the site of the plane crash at the TAM airline offices Photograph: Marcelo Min/AP

Firefighters carry remains from the site of the plane crash. All 176 people on board were feared dead and an official said that at least 15 others were killed on the ground Photograph: Andre Penner/AP

Rescuers work at the site of the plane crash at Congonhas airport Photograph: Daniel Kfouri/AFP

Rescue workers stand next to two victims' bodies at the crash site Photograph: Marcelo Min/AP

Police officers guard the TAM airlines office at the Salgado Filho airport, Porto Alegre, from where the plane took off Photograph: Nabor Goulart/AP

A man inspects a piece of the crashed TAM airlines plane Photograph: Marcelo Min/AP

Firefighters at the scene of the crash Photograph: AP