A
bride’s childhood dream of arriving at her wedding by helicopter ended in
tragedy when it crashed just a mile from the venue.
Rosemere do Nascimento Silva, 32, had planned to surprise her
fiancé Udirley Damasceno and 300 guests by swooping in to their reception in a
rural area on the outskirts of Sao Paulo in Brazil.
But
in an horrendous twist of fate, the aircraft crashed en route to the venue,
killing the bride-to-be, her brother, the pilot and a photographer who was
six-months-pregnant.
Mr Damasceno was left waiting at the altar, unaware of what his
fiancée was planning to do, or of the tragic consequences.
Police and air crash investigators are now trying to establish
what caused the crash.
They are looking into reports that it might
have hit a tree during bad visibility with rain, fog and cloud.
The
accident was only discovered when he realised the helicopter did not arrive at
a nearby football field.
He made a phone call which confirmed it had taken off as
planned.
They
were later told a plane had crashed nearby but at first thought it was an
unconnected incident.
The
distraught bridegroom was told the news at the altar by the pastor and was said
to have gone into total shock.
There were 300 guests at the wedding but only about six of them
knew about the surprise.
The
National Civil Aviation Agency has indicated that the aircraft permission to
fly until February 1, 2017 with a capacity of three people without counting the
pilot.
The helicopter, a Robinson 44, crashed about a mile from the
wedding venue in a forest area near a main road.
Eight
fire engines rushed to the scene but nothing could be done to save the four
occupants.
The
journey would have taken just 15 minutes.
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