Terrifying video shows panic inside tourist helicopter as it spirals out of control and crashes down in Colombia before US passenger makes desperate video call to say goodbye to family

A terrifying video has emerged showing the panic inside a tourist helicopter as it went out of control before crashing in Colombia shortly after take-off.

The helicopter – which was supposed to stay in the air for just 12 minutes to ferry passengers to a gastronomic experience – lost control and fell from the sky, crashing into the side of a high-rise building in Medellin on Monday.

All six people aboard the Bell 206 helicopter miraculously survived the ordeal.

One of the traumatized passengers was rushed to the hospital and treated for a broken leg and lacerations to the body, officials said.

Now new footage has revealed the chaos of passengers in the cabin as the helicopter spun through the air before finally plummeting to the ground.

Texas-based vacationer Francisco Salas, 36, can be heard in the video calling emergency services in a combination of Spanish and English.

The helicopter ride was part of a dining experience offered by Hangar, an aviation-themed restaurant in Manrique’s Medellín neighborhood.

Customers pay about $73 for a 12- to 15-minute flight from Olaya Herrera Airport to the restaurant, where they would be greeted with a cocktail.

In the shocking clip, Salas described the panic scene to the camera, saying: “I had a helicopter crash.

“We are very high up and waiting for the police and the rescue team.”

After the crash, Francisco said, “I had a woman next to me with a lot of body weight who didn’t have the strength to support herself, so I put my arm around her.

“I used one arm to support myself against the helicopter while the other supported the woman for about 45 minutes.”

Salas, who was on the flight with his girlfriend Luisa Osorio, went on to explain how he thought he was going to die.

He called his parents home in Texas during the ordeal.

The tourist said: ‘I had my phone with me, I had a video call with my mother and father.

‘I even said goodbye to my brother, it was a very serious moment.

“I just wanted to say goodbye and thank everyone.”

The Texas businessman was one of six people on board the tourist helicopter at the time of the crash.

Joining him were two women from Costa Rica named Sandy Villalobos Marín, 34, and Karen Rivera Picada, 36, and Colombian nationals Luisa Fernanda Osorio and Jaime Andrés Echeverri.

Echeverri, the co-pilot, broke his leg.

The pilot was Brian Michel Álvarez, 32.

More than seventy emergency workers rushed to the scene and helped recover the travelers after the horrific crash.

Luisa Osorio, Salas’ girlfriend, told Colombian newspaper Noticias Caracol that they had come on board to record content for social media networks.

Neither of them thought they would survive the crash.

Osorio said, “We have moved on. When it went up, it literally couldn’t do it all the way.

“It started spinning, it started spinning really fast and we said, ‘We’re going to die here.’

Osorio recalled being ordered by rescuers “not to move, to do absolutely nothing, not to even breathe” as they worked to pull them out.

The plane crashed and crashed into the side of a building, where it became wedged between the structure and an antenna.

A second video showed the pilot climbing out of the helicopter and holding onto a ladder attached to the antenna.

Residents quickly arrived on scene and helped residents to safety.

The Medellín Fire Department deployed several cranes to remove the helicopter from the site on Tuesday morning.

All helicopter flights have been suspended as authorities investigate the cause of the crash.