Overview
- Two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, June 14, and both aircraft crashed onto the parking lot of a car dealership in the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighborhood.
- Firefighters confirmed six deaths, all of them people who had been on board the two helicopters.
- The impact ignited a large fire that damaged about 20 vehicles and produced a towering column of black smoke captured in local media and social‑media videos.
- Authorities have opened a formal inquiry to establish the causes and will review eyewitness accounts, on-site evidence and available flight records as part of the probe.
- The accident will be examined against Brazil's recent safety record, with Cenipa reporting 153 aircraft accidents and 62 fatalities in 2025.