An army helicopter loses its cargo at sea off Nice

The Caiman NH90 (in the foreground), Sunday, at Nice airport -

They maintained the airlift between Nice and the stricken villages as much as possible this Sunday, despite further disturbances in the sky.

One of the twelve helicopters mobilized for rescue operations in the flooded villages of the Alpes-Maritimes, a military aircraft, was forced to lose its cargo at sea in the early afternoon.

The sequence and the sound of the "splash" were immortalized by individuals

# alex06 A helicopter loses its container over the sea, off the airport.

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“This NH90 Caiman helicopter was carrying a generator set.

Although its mass can be transported by a helicopter of this type, the cargo behaved badly during transport, endangering the aircraft and its crew.

For safety reasons, the choice was made to drop the load over the sea, in an area where its fall did not present any risk ”, specified the General Staff of the armies to

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Evacuations of disaster victims by air

"The exact causes of the abnormal behavior of the cargo during this transport remain to be clarified", also indicated this military source.

All day Sunday but also Saturday, many rotations were organized.

In particular to transport equipment and food to areas ravaged by flooding, but also to evacuate disaster victims.

During the weekend, 210 victims were evacuated by air - Staff of the armies

Over the weekend, 210 other people were evacuated by air to Nice airport.

Forty "have been relocated in hotels or aparthotels," said the Nice Côte d'Azur metropolis.

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