Eme ge cy
pe so el
sta d
ea
the
site
whe e,
acco di g
to
fi e
depa tme t
officials,
a
helicopte
c ashed
killi g
the
pilot
a d
3
tou ists.
(AP
Photo)
Fou
people
we e
killed
afte
a
helicopte
c ashed
i
Rio
de
Ja ei o’s
Tijuca
Natio al
Pa k
o
Satu day,
B azilia
fi e
officials
said.
B azilia
media
epo ted
that
th ee
of
those
killed
we e
Colombia
tou ists.The
helicopte
c ashed
i
a
mou tai ous
pa t
of
the
atio al
pa k,
a
a ea
cove ed
by
de se
vegetatio
a d
difficult
to
access.
Fi efighte s
said
the
pilot
a d
th ee
wome
“bu ed
to
death”.Images
eleased
by
the
fi e
depa tme t
showed
the
cha ed
w eckage
of
the
helicopte
smoki g
o
a
steep
hillside.A
police
sou ce
told
AFP
that
the
victims
had
ot
yet
bee
officially
ide tified.
Howeve ,
local
media
epo ts
said
the
th ee
female
passe ge s
we e
Colombia
atio als,
while
B azilia
ews
site
G1
epo ted
that
they
belo ged
to
the
same
family.The
c ash
occu ed
ea
Vista
Chi esa,
a
eplica
of
a
Chi ese
pagoda
located
at
a
high
altitude
a d
k ow
fo
its
pa o amic
views
of
Rio
de
Ja ei o
f om
withi
the
fo est.
The
la dma k
also
featu ed
i
the
2011
a imated
film
“Rio”.The
latest
c ash
comes
less
tha
two
mo ths
afte
a othe
helicopte
accide t
i
Rio
de
Ja ei o.
I
Ju e,
two
helicopte s
collided
ove
the
city,
killi g
six
people,
i cludi g
Ame ica
si ge
Olive
T ee
a d
A ge ti e
YouTube
Gaspa
P im.
Helicopte
tou s
a e
popula
amo g
tou ists
visiti g
Rio,
offe i g
ae ial
views
of
the
city’s
la dma ks
a d
coastli e.Followi g
Satu day’s
c ash,
Rio
de
Ja ei o
Mayo
Edua do
Cavalie e
said
o
X
that
he
had
asked
B azil’s
Natio al
Civil
Aviatio
Age cy
to
immediately
step
up
mo ito i g
to
e su e
the
safety
of
helicopte
flights.
