The collision of two helicopters this Sunday morning in Rio de Janeiro left a balance of six dead. The incident occurred in the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighborhood, in the west of the Rio city.
The Firefighters spokesperson explained that the plane accident occurred shortly before 09:00Brazil time, and that upon arrival the rescue teams initially located five bodies inside one of the aircraft.
The sixth fatality was found in the second helicopterwhich fell about a hundred meters away from the first point of impact.
The spokesperson reported that, due to the force of the impact of both aircraft in the air, multiple pieces and fragments of the helicopters They were projected towards residential buildings and surrounding businesses.
One of the aircraft caught fire after fall into a private parking lot and the fire destroyed about twenty electric cars that were parked at the site.
The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Cavaliere, clarified that the fire has already been controlled and that fire crews still remain on site to remove the remains of the affected aircraft and automobiles.
Likewise, Cavaliere explained that in one of the helicopters The pilot was traveling with four peopleone of them foreign nationalitywithout clarifying the country, while in the other only the pilot traveled. Both pilots, according to the mayor, had “lots of experience” and they served as aviation instructors.
According to the official, the aircraft were carrying out transfer flights towards Angra dos Reis, on the Costa Verde, and the Fluminense mountain range.
According to the municipal authority, the area where the accident occurred has multiple security cameraswhose recordings are already being collected to make them available to the aeronautical experts. The causes of the accident are being investigated. Brazilian Air Force.
With information from EFE.
