Three passengers in a helicopter that went missing in the Amazon since Wednesday were found alive

Three passengers from a helicopter missing since Wednesday were found alive this Saturday in one of the Amazon’s most isolated regions, in the interior of the state of Amapa, in Brazil’s far north. The information was confirmed by the deputy commander of the tactical air group, Captain Muller Brian.

The location of the survivors was made in the morning, but a few hours later, on Saturday afternoon, they were never rescued, given the difficulty of reaching the place where they are. This point is heavily forested, dense and very high, away from any village or town, making it difficult for both walking and helicopter landings.

On the plane were the pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Josiley Gonçalves de Freitas, engineer José Francisco Ferreira, who works for Funai, the National Indian Foundation, and mechanic Gabriel Assis Serra. Until this Saturday afternoon, local time, night in Portugal, the health status of the survivors was still not known exactly after nearly four days lost in the jungle, the only thing known, but already extremely important, is that they are all alive. .

A helicopter owned by Sagres and operated by DSEI, the Indigenous Special Medical District associated with Funai, took off on Wednesday from the Bona base in the village of Maritepu, located in the Tumukumake Indigenous Park, in the north, the destination was the city of Macapa, the capital of the state of Amapa, located in one of the most remote areas of the Amazonian forests, but along the way it disappeared, it is still unknown why.