Six Dead in Double Helicpter Crash including a Singer, a Music Producer, a Video Director, a Youtuber and 2 Pilots.

metalmachine · Jun 14, 2026

Two helicopters collided in mid-air over the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday morning, killing all six people on board. American singer Oliver Tree, 32, and Argentine YouTuber Gaspar Prim, known online as Gaspi, 23, were among the dead.

The collision occurred at around 09:00 local time (14:00 CEST) above the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighbourhood in the city's southwest. One of the aircraft was carrying five people; the other had only its pilot. There were no survivors.

Rio de Janeiro's Civil Police identified the victims as Tree, passengers:

- The Music Producer Lucas Brito Chaves, The video director Lucas Vignale, The Argentine content creator Gaspar Prim, The american singer singer Oliver Tree and The two pilots, Alexandre Souza and Charles Marsillac.

Fire service spokesperson Fábio Contreras told Brazilian news outlet G1 that five bodies were recovered from inside one helicopter and a sixth was found near the second aircraft.

One of the helicopters came down on land rented by BYD, the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, setting fire to around 20 cars parked on the site. The second aircraft crashed roughly 100 metres away and did not catch fire. Debris was scattered tens of metres from both impact sites, striking nearby residential and office buildings.

Around 45 firefighters and 15 vehicles were deployed to the scene. The blaze was brought under control within approximately an hour.

Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere confirmed there were foreign nationals on board one of the aircraft. Brazil's Air Force (FAB) said investigators from the Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Centre (Cenipa) had been deployed to open a formal inquiry.

Youtuber Gaspar Prim