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Brazil Helicopter Crash


What: AgustaWestland A109C Helicopter en route from the coastal resort town of Parati to Itupeva
Where: (near Sao Paulo) in Brazil’s northeastern state of Ceara.
When: Monday 01/05
Who: Pilot and copilot were hospitalized. One businessman (Gilberto Ramalho) was the only fatality, 5 in all were injured.
Why: The pilot was about to land at Ramalho’s famiy farm in Itupeva when the helicopter exploded. On board were the pilot, copilot, a business couple, their teenage daughter and her friend. Three passengers got out quickly–the pilot and copilot were severely burned. The security camera at Ramalho’s farm recorded the impact.

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