A Cessna 172 like the one that intrigues Toulousains. Drawing. - Linsey - AP - Sipa

It does not really have the hum and profiling of a gendarmerie helicopter and, while there are almost no more flights to Toulouse-Blagnac, it largely animated the Easter weekend confined to Toulouse . The merry-go-round of a small plane that has been "circling" over Toulouse since April 9 intrigues the inhabitants. The most initiated and the most curious of them went to the Flightradar 24 site to find that it was a small Cessna 172.

So, would there be an amateur pilot who escapes containment by air?

Can someone explain to me how it is is an essential activity to take pictures of the sky of #toulouse #flightradar #confinement pic.twitter.com/8cKRT6CpX5

- Omar (@zardocht) April 12, 2020

It's party time on #toulouse for this plane - No traffic to exit without certification - No control planned at altitude 😂 pic.twitter.com/evTbMaXGgO

- Jean-Louis Bonevie (@JLBonevie) April 12, 2020

What is this little Cessna 172 doing above @TlseMetropole doing? Is he dropping Easter eggs? @AvgeeksFR #avgeek #avgeeks #Toulouse pic.twitter.com/3Zk1UBiG99

- Francois Roche (@francoisroche) April 12, 2020

No. No free pass for pilotage licenses. The answer, brought by the prefecture of Haute-Garonne, is more down to earth. "This aircraft performs missions mainly related to containment, regrouping and excessive speeds in particular," she said.

And to ward off possible criticism from specialists and ticklish ears, the state services provide some details as to the altitude of the surveillance device. "When an aircraft is required to carry out an overflight below regulatory altitudes for reasons of police mission, it shall do so in accordance with a safety equivalent allowing it to make a landing on a ground in the event of a shutdown of the propulsion system cleared or a ditching, "they explain.

The prefecture does not specify if this Cessna will permanently spin in the sky of Toulouse.

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