The Cessna landed in an emergency in a field in Pessac -

BEA / Twitter

More fear than harm.

A small Cessna plane had to land urgently on Wednesday morning in a field in Pessac on the outskirts of Bordeaux.

A student pilot and his instructor, who were on a Mimizan (Landes) -Mérignac flight, were on board.

They were not injured.

⚠️ Accident to the @Cessna 172 registered F-HFBR on 03/17/21 at #Pessac / Forced landing in a field after an engine failure during an instruction flight #mimizan> #merignac / work on site and collection of testimonials completed.

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- BEA ✈️ 🚁🛩 🇫🇷 (@BEA_Aero) March 18, 2021

According to a first report from the BEA, which gathered various testimonies and carried out on-site analysis work, the aircraft had to make an emergency landing in this field "after an engine failure".

He turned around as he touched the ground.

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  • Aquitaine

  • Bordeaux