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Pictured: A video grab of the aftermath of the helicopter crash.

VIDEO: Couple and pilot die after helicopter mysteriously crashes into field

A couple and their pilot have been killed in a mysterious helicopter crash.

A harrowing piece of footage shows the aircraft taking to the skies.

It was later filmed as a smouldering wreck.

The helicopter crashed on Monday (27 Jan) afternoon on a farm in Cruzília, Brazil.

The owner of the farm, Amauri Pinto Costa, confirmed that three people had died in the crash.

He named them as Lúcio André Duarte, Elaine Moraes Souza and Fernando.

Lúcio, 40, managed the farm with his wife Elaine.

Fernando, whose surname hadn’t been reported, was the pilot.

He was from Goiânia but had been providing crop spraying services at the farm.

The cause of the accident is still a mystery.

Workers on the farm told the police that they had heard a loud noise before the crash.

The 2009-built Robinson R44 Raven II had been adapted for crop spraying.

It was not authorised for air taxi services.

The occupants were on their way back from another farm when the accident happened.

Local media say Duarte and his wife were returning from a holiday and had been invited by Fernando to take “a little ride”.

The crash is being investigated, as reported by NeedToKnow.

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