Terrifying moment helicopter crashes at Brazilian park before slum residents dragged pilot and mechanic from wreckage

• Helicopter pilot Lucas Pereira and mechanic Jorge Viana survived a crash in São Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday morning 
• The helicopter was performing a flight test when it crashed at a park near a slum
• Residents rushed to the scene and were able to pull both men out from the wreckage before they were rushed to area hospitals
• Pereira suffered a head injury and was unconscious when he was pulled out from the helicopter. Viana suffered fractures to both of his legs

Dramatic video footage shows the harrowing moment a helicopter crashed at a park in Brazil before residents from a slum rushed and pulled out the pilot and a passenger from the wreckage.

The São Paulo Military Police said the aircraft was out on a flight test after scheduled maintenance service was completed at Congonhas Airport on Wednesday.

The helicopter took off from the airport at 10.46am and crashed at 10.53am.

Residents could be seen pulling out the pilot, Lucas Pereira, 51, and Jorge Viana, 38, out of the helicopters and carrying them away.

Pereira was airlifted to Das Clinicas Hospital, where he was treated for a head injury. Viana was rushed to Jabaquara Hospital, where he was diagnosed with fractures in both legs.

Both men were still hospitalized as of Thursday, according to Brazilian news outlet G1.

A helicopter crashed while performing a flight test in São Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday morning. Neighborhood residents rushed to the scene and were able to rescue the pilot and a mechanic. Both men were hospitalized as of Thursday morning

Residents from a São Paulo slum pull out one of the two men who were trapped inside the helicopter after it crashed at a park Wednesday morning 

One of the videos that were shared on social media showed a Good Samaritan performing CPR on one of the individuals on the lawn at Rocinha Park.

Fabio Silva told TV Globo that he was walking his dog when he saw the pilot divert the helicopter away from favela.

‘Suddenly the helicopter came around and around. It was going to fall into the favela, but the pilot swerved and [it] fell on its beak,’ Silva said.

The helicopter crashed seven minutes after it took off from Congonhas Airport on Wednesday morning 

Lucas Pereira, a 51-year-old pilot, suffered a head injury and was unconscious when he was pulled out of the wrecked helicopter

Good Samaritans carry one of the two helicopter crash survivors to a lawn before they were rushed to area hospitals

Fuel was leaking when he and other residents sprung into action and rescued Pereira and Viana.

‘We took the occupants from being burned to death,’ he said. ‘We didn’t think about our lives, we just wanted to get them out.’

Fernando da Silva said Pereira was unconscious when he pulled him out of the wreckage.

‘I said, ‘If it explodes, it explodes. So, I said to try to get them out both out,’ da Silva told TV Globo.

The Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents is investigating the cause of the accident. The single-engine helicopter was built in 2013 and can carry up to six passengers.

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