Safety
Fatal Crash Mars Start of Brazil Summer Helicopter Season
The helicopter crashed and caught fire shortly after picking up four passengers in the coastal resort of Guarujá.

A Helimarte Helibrás Esquilo crashed en route to a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil Saturday, killing the pilot and all four passengers on board. The helicopter left São Paulo's central Campo de Marte airport on the morning of December 27, for the half-hour flight to the coastal resort of Guarujá to pick up a couple, their two-year-old daughter and the nanny, to take the child to a hospital in São Paulo. After the pickup at condominium heliport SDIX, the helicopter crashed 18 miles away in a swamp between a river and highway, catching fire after the crash.


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