Conflict · Rio helicopter crash · ArchiveRio Helicopter Crash Kills 4 — Second in Weeks Triggers EmergencyAired August 9, 2026 at 11:49 AM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00Four people, one pilot, [music] and0:01three passengers were killed Saturday0:03when a helicopter crashed in a forested0:05area near a forest tourist spot in Rio0:08de Janeiro.0:09The aircraft went down with no0:11survivors, [music] leaving four families0:13grieving after the loss of the pilot and0:15three passengers on board. This is the0:17second fatal helicopter crash [music] in0:19the city in less than 2 months, turning0:21a local tragedy into a citywide aviation0:23safety emergency. The helicopter came0:26down in dense [music] forest close to a0:27site frequented by visitors, where the0:30thick trees and difficult terrain0:31complicate both flight and rescue. Rio0:33de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Cavaliere said0:36he called the president of ANAC, the0:37National Civil Aviation Agency,0:39>> [music]0:40>> asking for immediate actions as pressure0:42builds on federal regulators to explain0:44how sightseeing and charter flights are0:46overseen above Rio's forests and tourist0:48corridors. [music]0:49This account is based on a single video0:51report including firefighters'0:52statements without broader independent0:54confirmation so far, and the most0:56consequential [music]0:57unresolved questions are what immediate0:59actions ANAC will order and what1:01investigators determine about why a1:02second helicopter was lost over the same1:04city so quickly after the last.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗