BONECHILLING video has captured the moment an airplane appeared to barely miss a hovering helicopter while taking off from the runway.
The plane appeared to swerve quickly and desperately avoid a mid-air tragedy.
Surveillance footage showed the Phenom 300 executive jet taking off from the runway as the chopper flew overhead.
The incident appeared to show a near mid-air collision captured in shocking footage at Costa Esmeralda Airport in Porto Belo, located south of São Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday.
The small airfield does not have a control tower.
Following the video’s release on social media, a resident commented on X, “It seems like the aircraft performed a go-around to allow the departing plane to take off.”
“Sequence spacing didn’t quite work out.”
Another person said, “Didn’t they coordinate between aircraft?
“Someone screwed up.”
But another video, taken from a different angle, appeared to show that there was a much greater distance between the two aircraft.
The clip, filmed by Henrique Garcia, showed that the helicopter was further ahead of the jet than first thought.
Airfield administrator Tiago Neves said the two pilots were in contact throughout the takeoff, as reported by What’s The Jam.
He explained to local media, “This situation is completely routine; both planes were under coordination, and the pilots were in communication with one another.”
“The video that was released creates sensationalism as the angle makes it seem like the aircraft are very close, which does not correspond to reality.”
Neves pointed out that the airfield does not have a control tower, and pilots carry out procedures via communication and visual contact.
He said the helicopter’s approach occurred outside the runway so as not to interrupt the jet’s takeoff.
He added, “It is common for the tower, when there is one, or the pilots themselves, when at uncontrolled airfields, to coordinate the approach.
“That’s why the helicopter goes directly to the grassy area.
“Everything was done responsibly and within normal limits.”
The video surfaced just months after a Black Hawk crashed into a plane as it was landing in Washington DC.
The horrific accident left all 67 people on board the two aircraft dead.
And another helicopter wrecked in New York City in April, killing all six people on board.
