Saturday around 2:30 p.m., a tourist plane suddenly lost altitude for unknown reasons, and crashed in a pine forest south of the Arcachon basin.
On board, the pilot, as well as a father and his two 9-year-old daughters who were taking part in a first flight, died.
"Autopsies have been ordered", indicates the prosecutor's office of Bordeaux, which specifies that for the time being, "no track is privileged".
The Bordeaux public prosecutor's office on Sunday opened an investigation for manslaughter, after the crash of a tourist plane on Saturday in the Arcachon basin, which left four dead.
"Autopsies were ordered", adds the prosecution, which specifies that for the time being, "no track is privileged".
"The investigations of the BEA (Bureau of Investigation and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety), present on the scene this Sunday, and those of the research section of the air transport gendarmerie, jointly seized of the investigation with the air transport gendarmerie brigade and the Arcachon gendarmerie company, supplemented by the expertise of the aircraft engine, should make it possible to bring together the elements useful for understanding this tragedy and to define its responsibilities »Explains the prosecution.
The deceased pilot, as well as a father and his two 9-year-old daughters
On Saturday, a Robin DR 400-type tourist plane crashed around 2:30 p.m. in the town of Gujan-Mestras, south of the Arcachon Basin, shortly after taking off from Villemarie aerodrome, in La Teste- de-Buch.
“The accident occurred during a first flight and killed four people: the pilot of the plane (43 years old), found about 50 meters from the aircraft still conscious but who died shortly after following his injuries, as well as a father (48 years old) and his two 9-year-old twin daughters whose deaths were noted when the emergency services arrived, ”the prosecutor's office said on Sunday.
The plane crashed into the treetops and crashed into a pine forest before catching fire
The father of the family and his children benefited from a scheduled flight as part of an activity organized by an association, "with the free assistance of the pilot of the aircraft, licensed from the Arcachon Basin Aeroclub (ACBA) .
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“This pilot took off in weather conditions that seemed favorable to safe flight,” says public prosecutor Frédérique Porterie.
For reasons still unknown and shortly after takeoff, the aircraft quickly lost altitude, struck the treetops and ended up being damaged in a pine forest before catching fire.
The firefighters intervened to control the fire which was spreading in the forest, burning more than 3,000 m2 of pine trees.
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