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The helicopter, a Bell 430, had taken off from Porto Belo with destination São Joaquim.
A helicopter carrying the singer Rick Sollo, of the sertaneja music duo Rick & Renner, has disappeared in the state of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil. Traveling with him were the entrepreneur Bruno Avelar, his videomaker and the pilot. The artist's presence was confirmed by his press office. The helicopter, a Bell 430, had taken off from Porto Belo, on the north coast of the state, and was headed to São Joaquim, but never arrived at its destination.
The searches are concentrated in the Urubici region, in the Serra Catarinense, where firefighters, military police and the Brazilian air force are involved. Rescuers initially searched the town of Vacas Gordas, indicated as a possible site of the crash, without finding traces of the aircraft. The teams then moved towards the area of the last mobile phone signal of one of the occupants, near São Joaquim. Bad weather, with rain and strong gusts of wind, is hampering operations.

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