One Killed In Rio Beach Helicopter Crash
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published May 09, 2018 | 09:31 PM
Rio de Janeiro, May 9 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th May, 2018 ) :One person was killed and three were injured Wednesday when a helicopter crashed into the sea just off an upmarket Rio de Janeiro beach, the fire department said.
A rescue team including a fire department helicopter, divers and jet skiis pulled the fatality and three survivors from the wreckage and brought them to the beach, just in front of a Sheraton hotel in one of Rio's poshest neighborhoods.
"The accident left three injured and one dead," the fire department said in a statement. There was no immediate information on the cause of the crash or whom the helicopter was carrying. It was on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to the tourist town of Cabo Frio about 95 miles (150 km) away, local media reported.
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