More fear than harm, Saturday, during the Paris Villaroche Air Legend in Sénart, near Melun (Seine-et-Marne).
A Beechcraft Model 18 was indeed the victim of an accident during takeoff, reports
La République de Seine-et-Marne
.
The pilot of the WWII aircraft was forced into an emergency maneuver and sustained nose injuries.
He was taken care of by the firefighters and then taken to hospital.
The other two occupants of the plane escaped unscathed.
An accident away from the public
“It happened on takeoff, far from the public.
We do not yet know what happened.
Maybe it's a burst tire.
Or the plane lost its balance, following a rupture of the nose gear ”, confides to the
Parisian
Christian Amara, president of the organization of the meeting.
An investigation was opened and entrusted to the air transport gendarmerie.
The brigade is also in charge of another accident that occurred this weekend in Ile-de-France.
A tourist plane crashed in the Yvelines, after taking off from a private runway, this Sunday.
The two people on board died.
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