Helicopter crash kills four in Rio

On August 8, 2026, a helicopter crashed in the Vista Chinesa area of Alto da Boa Vista within Brazil — Tijuca National Park in Brazil — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing all four people on board: the pilot and three Colombian women from the same family. Firefighters located the wreckage in dense vegetation and extinguished a subsequent fire. Rio's mayor Eduardo Cavaliere expressed solidarity and called on the Brazil — National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC) to intensify oversight of helicopter flights in the city, citing increasing frequency. This incident follows a June collision of two helicopters over Rio that killed six, including American singer Oliver Tree and Argentine YouTuber Gaspi, and a previous small aircraft crash in Brazil — Ubatuba, Brazil — São Paulo, that killed the pilot.