2021 Touques Airbus AS350B helicopter crash

On 7 March 2021, a Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopter crashed in the Touques, Calvados, Normandy, France. French politician and billionaire Olivier Dassault and the pilot were killed.[1][2][3][4]

2021 Touques Airbus AS350B helicopter crash
F-GIBM, the helicopter involved in the accident, at Aérodrome de Cerny-La-Ferté-Alais, Cerny, Essonne, France on June 9, 2019
Accident
DateMarch 7, 2021 (2021-03-07)
SummaryCrashed to the ground; under investigation
SiteTouques, Calvados, Normandy, France
Aircraft
Aircraft typeEurocopter AS350 Écureuil
RegistrationF-GIBM
Occupants2
Passengers1
Crew1
Fatalities2
Survivors0

Aircraft

The helicopter involved in the accident was a Airbus AS350B, while registration F-GIBM.[5]

Accident

France's national air crash investigation agency, the BEA, said that the crash had occurred shortly after take-off from "private grounds".

References
  1. Laratte, Aubin; Laurent, Quentin (7 March 2021). "Olivier Dassault, député et fils de Serge Dassault, meurt dans un accident d'hélicoptère". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. "French billionaire Olivier Dassault killed in helicopter crash". BNO News. 7 March 2021.
  3. "French MP and billionaire Dassault dies in helicopter crash". BBC News. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. "French billionaire politician Olivier Dassault killed in helicopter crash". The Times of India. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  5. Clement Charpentreau. "Heir of aviation dynasty Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash". AEROTIME HUB. Retrieved 2021-03-08.

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