{"id":5820,"date":"2026-06-17T12:18:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/oliver-trees-producer-reveals-he-was-meant-to-be-on-doomed-helicopter-flight\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T12:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:18:52","slug":"oliver-trees-producer-reveals-he-was-meant-to-be-on-doomed-helicopter-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/oliver-trees-producer-reveals-he-was-meant-to-be-on-doomed-helicopter-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Tree&#8217;s producer reveals he was meant to be on doomed helicopter flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F131272966.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/14\/entertainment\/who-was-oliver-tree-meet-singer-songwriter-who-was-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-brazil\/\">Oliver Tree<\/a>\u2018s producer Victor WAO revealed he was meant to be on the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/14\/celebrity-news\/singer-oliver-tree-dead-at-32-following-tragic-helicopter-crash\/\">doomed helicopter flight <\/a>that killed the musician and five other people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was supposed to be with you guys in that helicopter, and I didn\u2019t go at the last second,\u201d Victor wrote in a translated heartbreaking tribute, referring to his late best friend, music producer Lucas Frota, who also passed away in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou told me that since I was scared [of flying], you had managed to get a car to take me to Angra and someone else would go in my place,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Music producer Victor WAO (pictured far left) revealed he was meant to be on the doomed helicopter flight that killed his best friend, Lucas (far right), and singer Oliver Tree (middle).  <span class=\"credit\">waoofficial\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Victor (seen bove with treet and said he was scared of flying and pulled out of the helicopter ride. <span class=\"credit\">Victor WAO \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cNow I owe you my life, brother. I don\u2019t know what to do at this moment. I love you so much! I will never forget you! Lucas, you were pure light!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another post, Victor said he would \u201cnever forget\u201d Lucas, whom he called the \u201cmost enlightened and wonderful person I have ever known!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am heartbroken, but I am praying for you wherever you are,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">waoofficial\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Frota, 24, Tree, 32. Lucas Vignale, 29, Gaspar Prim (also known as Argentinian YouTuber Gaspi), 23, and pilots Alexandre Souza and Charles Marsillac all lost their lives this past Sunday when two helicopters collided mid-air in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n<p>Harrowing video showed that one of the aircrafts <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/15\/celebrity-news\/video-shows-helicopter-crash-that-killed-oliver-tree-plunging-to-ground\/\">plunged directly into the parking lot of a car dealership<\/a>, setting at least 20 electric vehicles ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>The local Civil Police informed CNN that the case is under investigation and that a forensic examination of the scene has been requested. A police investigator said it\u2019s believed human error may have been to blame.<\/p>\n<p>Tree was in South America as part of his The World\u2019s First World Tour.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">@FABIOYUKIOJAPA via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A day before he passed away, Tree beamed as he <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/14\/celebrity-news\/oliver-tree-documented-fun-filled-day-in-brazil-in-last-social-media-post-before-shocking-death\/\">documented his fun-filled day in Brazil<\/a>, which included soccer, riding bikes, haircuts and cooking.<\/p>\n<p>The video was captioned: \u201cGringo 24 horas no Brasil,\u201d which translates to: \u201cForeigner 24 hours in Brazil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back in April, Tree eerily joked that his family <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/15\/celebrity-news\/oliver-tree-insisted-family-wouldnt-get-a-penny-when-he-dies-before-helicopter-crash\/\">would not receive any money from his will<\/a> when he died. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe that any of the wealth, or the things that get made from it, is mine,\u201d the singer said on the\u00a0April 24 episode of the \u201cZach Sang Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@iae.break<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for iHeartRadio<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSo when I die, my will is set up that when I pass, my family, no one\u2019s going to get a penny,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Tree, who was single and did not have any children at the time of his passing, said that if he had a wife or kids, they would \u201cnot [get] a f\u2013king penny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll get my kids through college. That\u2019s the agreement,\u201d he continued. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there\u2019s not going to be a silver spoon. The idea is, when I die, all the money is going to go back to artists,\u201d Tree declared.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/17\/celebrity-news\/oliver-trees-producer-reveals-he-was-meant-to-be-on-doomed-helicopter-flight\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oliver Tree\u2018s producer Victor WAO revealed he was meant to be on the doomed helicopter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131272966.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}