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A producer who was supposed to be on the doomed helicopter flight that killed \u201cAlien Boy\u201d singer Oliver Tree and five others in Brazil has revealed he pulled out at the \u201clast minute\u201d because he was too afraid to fly.<\/p>\n

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Instead of joining the group traveling by air, Victor Wao, who has a fear of flying, had a car hired for him by friend and Argentine producer Lucas Vignale \u2013 who was killed in the June 14 crash.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was supposed to be with you in that helicopter, but I didn\u2019t go at the last minute. You told me that, since I was afraid of flying, you had gotten a car to take me to Angra,\u201d he wrote in a touching tribute post on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cTHANK YOU FOR BEING THE BEST FRIEND I COULD ASK GOD FOR! I will always remember you with that smile on your face that enchanted everyone! I love you, See you on the other side \u2026 I love you forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cLife Goes On\u201d singer Tree, 32, and everyone on board were killed when the helicopter the singer was on \u2013 a\u00a0 Bell 206B JetRanger III \u2013 crashed into a PR-DJJ aircraft, piloted by Charles Marsillac, 60, 300 feet above Recreio dos Bandeirantes.<\/p>\n

Among those who died in the horrific accident were Vignale, YouTuber Gaspi, Lucas Brito Chaves, and the pilots of both craft, Alexandre Souza and Charles Marsillac.<\/p>\n

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The choppers collided over an electric car lot, setting 20 vehicles ablaze.<\/p>\n

Authorities have not revealed the cause of the crash yet, but a police investigator said it\u2019s believed human error may have been to blame.<\/p>\n

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