Prime Minister removes missing bodies in SP from forest with helicopter

They will be sent to the Legal Medical Institute of São José dos Campos; due to the persistence of bad weather the movement will be carried out by land

The bodies of the four victims of a helicopter crash who disappeared in Sao Paulo were removed from the plane this Saturday, the 13th, by the Military Police. They had been found in a dense forest in Paraibuna on Friday the 12th, but bad weather made the agents’ work difficult.

According to the prime minister, the bodies will now be sent to the Institute of Forensic Medicine (IML) in São José dos Campos, in the hinterland of São Paulo. Due to the persistence of bad weather, travel will take place by land.

After 12 days of searches, the helicopter that disappeared with four people on the 31st, New Year’s Eve, was located on Friday morning. The Robinson R44 model aircraft was found by Águia 24 in a wooded area in the Paraibuna region.

UPDATE The Military Police and Fire Brigade of the city of Paraibuna/SP have just removed the four bodies from the accident site, which will be sent to the Legal Medical Institute (IML). Due to bad weather, travel will be made by land. pic.twitter.com/RjLYHeFTdA

— Military Police of the State of Sao Paulo (@PMESP) January 13, 2024

The bodies of the victims were located in the vicinity of the plane, which was destroyed after the crash, according to the Prime Minister. Among the passengers on the plane were Luciana Rodzewics, 46, and her daughter, Letícia Rodzewics Sakumoto, 20. In addition to them, the pilot (identified as Cassiano Teodoro) and a family friend (Rafael Torres) were on the helicopter.

The helicopter was located at 9.15am. According to the authorities, the searches were aided by the Civil Police, who demarcated five target quadrants based on intelligence information. For this purpose, the police even had information on the geolocation of the victims’ cell phones. According to the Military Police, this change in strategy, with greater delimitation, allowed the searches to better focus on some wooded areas.

In total there were 68 hours of flight by the PM and another 62 by the Civil Police in an attempt to find the helicopter. In the case of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), which mobilized the SC-10 Amazonas aircraft, it spent more than 135 hours in the air.

The main hypothesis is that the plane was trying to return to Sao Paulo when the accident occurred. But the reasons for the accident are yet to be ascertained.

Source: Terra

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