Terrifying vid shows moment helicopter crashes & kills two during test flight after undergoing maintenance in Brazil

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THIS is the terrifying moment a helicopter crashes and kills two pilots in Brazil – with the aircraft owner still fighting for his life.

The chopper was performing a flight test after undergoing maintenance – but fatally crashed.

The owner of the helicopter is fighting for his life, his wife says[/caption]

The helicopter burst into flames when it dived to the ground[/caption]

The horrific crash killed two people[/caption]

CCTV shows the aircraft flying at incredibly low altitude before suddenly beginning to plunge towards the ground.

It then horrifically bursts into flames.

The Caruaru Health Department said in a statement that the bodies of pilots André Ferreira and Raildo Rodrigues were found.

Businessman Henrique Santos, 41, was rushed to hospital where he received treatment for burns on 90 per cent of his body.

His wife, Drycka Cunha, said on social media he had been intubated and put in an induced coma.

The helicopter was supposed to be flying from Oscar Laranjeiras Airport in Caruaru, Pernambuco to Guabiraba, also in Pernambuco.

Pernambuco Military Fire Department Mayor Mayor André Pereira told local media the horrific fire was controlled within 20 minutes of their arrival.

The National Civil Aviation Agency dispatched investigators to look into the crash site and recover data on Tuesday.

The Brazil Air Force said in a statement: “Specific techniques are used in Data Collection, conducted by qualified and accredited personnel who collect and confirm data, preserve the elements, perform the initial verification of damage caused to the aircraft, or by the aircraft, and collect other information necessary for the investigation.”

It comes days after nine people were killed after a military helicopter crashed in El Salvador.

Among those onboard when the El Salvador Armed Forces chopper fell near the southeastern city of Pasaquina were a civil police chief and a money laundering suspect.

The horror plunge took place on Sunday night as social media footage showed what appeared to be the chopper’s wreckage in the middle of the jungle.

Men could be seen scouring the pitch-black grounds with their flashlights.

On board the aircraft were Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, the director of the National Civil Police, and Manuel Coto Barrientos, the former executive president of the Santa Victoria Cooperative (Cosavi).

Barrientos had been turned over by the Honduran police a few hours prior in response to an international arrest warrant for suspected money laundering, local media reports.

He was caught on Saturday in Choluteca, Honduras, while allegedly trying to flee to the United States, according to El Heraldo.

Barrientos, along with his parents and two of his brothers, was being investigated for the alleged embezzlement of at least $35 million.

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has assured that the helicopter crash cannot be considered a “simple accident”.

In a message shared on X, formerly Twitter, he wrote: “It is necessary to investigate thoroughly and to the final consequences. We will ask for international help.”