A tourist plane lands urgently on the beach in Biscarrosse, the co-pilot missing at sea – franceinfo

Student of a training flight, the co-pilot apparently jumped from a small private plane in mid-flight over the ocean, near the Landes coast. The investigation favors the suicide trail.

Posted the 08/24/2021 11:14 PM

Update the 08/25/2021 7:05 AM

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A tourist plane landed urgently on a beach in Biscarosse this Tuesday afternoon, one of its pilots is missing, reports France Bleu Gascogne.

This tourist plane from the Aquitaine seaplane club in Biscarrosse landed urgently on the beach of the Missile Test Center on Tuesday around 5 p.m. It was the chief pilot who landed the aircraft. The 32-year-old co-pilot was no longer on board, he visibly jumped from the plane when he was between 60 and 100 meters above the ocean.

Two hypotheses are considered by the investigators: the suicide of the co-pilot student or a technical problem with the device. After such a fall, the chances of finding him alive are almost non-existent. Significant resources were deployed to find this missing co-pilot offshore, two helicopters and two SNSM speedboats roamed the area all evening. The search was interrupted at nightfall, they must resume this Wednesday.

The instructor is unharmed. He is a seasoned pilot, who had a lot of composure to successfully land a plane in such conditions, confirm sources close to the investigation.

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