A helicopter crashed in the Barra da Funda region, west of São Paulo, this Friday (17). According to the Fire Department, the pilot and the three passengers, all male, died at the scene.
The Robinson R44 II model aircraft had a regular status at the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and performed air taxis. She had left Guarujá, on the south coast of São Paulo, towards the capital.
who are the victims
- Antonio Cano do Santos Junior: financial administrative director of the Mirage Group Brazil, graduated from the University of São Paulo (USP).
- Caio Lucio by Benedetto Moreira: designer for the Mirage Group Brasil, graduated in Information Systems at Universidade Presbitariana Mackenzie.
- Wellington Palhares: according to Mirage Group Brasil, he was a friend of Antônio and Caio.
Still according to firefighters, the helicopter hit a coconut tree before falling.
“There was room to make a forced landing. Probably, the pilot tried to take off from the main avenues, looking for an emergency field, but only the competent authorities will be able to say”, said Robson Bertoloto, director of Civil Defense of São Paulo, to CNN .
The subcommander of firefighters, Yuri Moraes, ruled out being overweight. “The helicopter fell apart,” he told CNN. “Excess weight was discarded, and there was no fuel leak, nor risk of explosion”.
The lawyer for Helimarte, the company that owns the aircraft, Sérgio Gegers, rejected the hypothesis that the accident occurred due to lack of fuel.
Source: CNN Brasil
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