The pilot of a helicopter died on Saturday in the crash of his aircraft in Saint-Paul, in the north-west of the island of Reunion, we learned from the emergency services and the gendarmerie. The victim, on which no information was given, was alone aboard her two-seater.
Despite the intervention of the gendarmes, firefighters and Samu, alerted by witnesses, the pilot could not be saved. The crash occurred around 10:15 a.m. (8:15 a.m. in Paris) near homes in the Sans Souci sector, a town located in the heights of the town of Saint-Paul.
No resident was injured and no house damaged, according to the gendarmerie, which was seized of an investigation to determine the causes of the tragedy.
“I heard a noise, a bit like we were pulling out large branches, I went out and saw the helicopter spinning in the sky, it fell very quickly,” said Jacky. , a witness in her forties, who only gave her first name. “I ran to the scene of the accident to see if I could save someone, but when I arrived there was nothing more to do,” said the man, who lives less than 500 meters from the crash site.
Over the past 20 years, 15 people have been killed in helicopter or microlight accidents in Reunion. The last helicopter crash occurred there on December 31, 2015, already in the heights of the town of Saint-Paul. While the weather conditions were degraded, the pilot had struck a rock face. He had not survived.
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