Overview
- Two helicopters collided in mid-air over the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighborhood on Sunday, June 14, 2026, and both aircraft crashed, leaving wreckage strewn across roughly 100 meters.
- All six people aboard the two helicopters were killed, with rescue teams finding five bodies in one aircraft and a sixth in the second helicopter about 100 meters away.
- Authorities have identified the victims as Argentine creator Gaspar 'Gaspi' Prim Díaz, American musician Oliver Tree, Argentine director Lucas Vignale, Brazilian producer Lucas Brito Chaves, and the two pilots Alexandre Souza and Charles Marsillac.
- One helicopter exploded on impact and the resulting blaze destroyed about 20 electric cars in a BYD dealership parking lot while firefighters secured the scene and nearby buildings were affected by debris.
- CENIPA and the Polícia Civil have opened formal investigations and say technical pericias may take weeks to a month as they analyze flight records, cockpit data, wreckage and security-camera footage; victims' remains are at Rio's medical-legal institute pending forensic exams and repatriation.