Overview
- Two helicopters struck in midair on Sunday, June 14, over Recreio dos Bandeirantes and both crashed and burned, killing six people including YouTuber Gaspar 'Gaspi' Prim Díaz, filmmaker Lucas Vignale and musician Oliver Tree.
- Forensic experts at Rio de Janeiro’s medical examiner used fingerprints to confirm Gaspi and Vignale and are pursuing dental comparisons and DNA to complete Oliver Tree’s identification because his remains were badly burned.
- The National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), the Polícia Civil and Brazil’s accident body CENIPA have opened coordinated inquiries focused on whether pilots followed filed flight plans, maintained air‑traffic communications and if one flight was operating as clandestine passenger transport.
- Investigators are using newly published security‑camera footage showing a rear impact and have sought both helicopters’ flight plans and communications logs; one involved aircraft’s owner (PP‑MAC) had an ANAC fine from July 2025 for refusing to present documents.
- Families face complex, costly repatriation procedures as public grief spreads online and unverified theories circulate, including Gaspi’s father saying he believes the crash was an 'atentado,' a claim that authorities have not validated.