Rio governor mourns crash victims

Updated: 13:00, Sunday June 19, 2011

The governor of Rio de Janeiro state, Sergio Cabral, is mourning the deaths of several people close to him in a helicopter accident that almost claimed his son's life too.

Brazil's air force, which is investigating the accident, said the crash 500 metres offshore happened late on Friday in the northeastern coastal town of Porto Seguro in the state of Bahia.

It was not immediately clear what caused the accident during what was meant to be a short flight of just 10 minutes from Porto Seguro to a luxury resort.

The air force said in a statement that pilot did not make any contact with air traffic controllers to signal any problem.

According to media reports, the helicopter was carrying seven people: a businessman who owned the resort they were flying to and who was piloting the Eurocopter Ecureuil, the girlfriend of Cabral's son, two women and their two sons aged two and three, and the children's nanny.

On Saturday, the bodies of four of the occupants were found and identified. A search was ongoing for the other three, who were listed as missing.

The newspaper O Globo said on its website that because the helicopter was full Cabral's son did not hop on board with the group, but was waiting for it to return to pick him up.

The governor was in Porto Seguro overseeing the search operation.

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luwelmonteiro Sergio Cabral and family luxury resort in southern Bahia as functionalism seeks decent salary to survive ...
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BlogOlhoNaMira Sergio Cabral was spending the weekend in Trancoso, with family and No. 1 ranking. Carioca 'good' for a fee
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RT @ PedroMaverick ricardo_gama: Irony of fate: Today Cabral today depends on the Fire to save his friends and daughter.
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Twitter - 18/06/2011 20:48:11

RT @ abcdogaucho piriscagrecco: Marcelo Cabral Texo, Beto Bollo, Vinicius Brum, the late Sergio Alligator Metz and Leandro Carlos Cachoeira twitpic.com/5dh0kk
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Eduardo_Secco soufoda_ @ RT: spoke of the firefighters and proucurando who is the daughter of Sergio Cabral? rs
Twitter - 18/06/2011 20:45:16

edmar_lira I leave here my words of support for Sergio Cabral Filho who is going through a difficult time agora.Quem forces have heart hurts!
Twitter - 18/06/2011 20:43:38

Our condolences to carlinhosbuzios Gov. Sergio Cabral, your family and the tragedy Mariana Noleto
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updancestudio IsabelaBela @ RT: Oops ... oops The firefighters, those vagabonds, who are looking for a girlfriend in the body of the son of Sergio Cabral?? Yeah, yeah ...
Twitter - 18/06/2011 20:39:35

thaishaline Cabral spoke so ill of the fire, and now who's looking for his son's girlfriend is ...? guess what?
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Fire Bahia tireless CelesteRF to locate the body of Nora's Sergio Cabral, the irony ...
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fernandareali jakelinemagna @ RT: Fire Bahia tireless to locate the body of Nora's Sergio Cabral, the irony ...
Twitter - 18/06/2011 21:11:02

Sad Martinha0101 c / o Helicopter crash in Trancoso. I do not like comments like: "Sergio Cabral is paying what he did with the firefighters."
Twitter - 18/06/2011 21:10:55

Marta_Div_Grace "Now he had seen and what you do to a firefighter. It was the hand of God that showed the Cabral what made the fire." There were VI-OF!
Twitter - 18/06/2011 21:09:07

karlacastanho Sergio Cabral and now?? You will dispense with the help of firefighters?
Twitter - 18/06/2011 21:05:20

Geena_unique soufoda_ @ RT: spoke of the firefighters and proucurando who is the daughter of Sergio Cabral? rs
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RT @ karina_braga ricardo_gama: Irony of fate: Today Cabral today depends on the Fire to save his friends and daughter.
Ricardo Gama Blog: Irony of fate: Today ... Sergio Cabral - blogspot.com
Twitter - 18/06/2011 20:57:01

thaizsantiago How funny life is, after the accident who is trying to rescue the daughter of Sergio Cabral, is the bombeiros.Ué ñ they are vandals? rs

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