Why these strange maneuvers of Volotea planes at Lesquin?

Do not panic.

Since Wednesday, residents of Lille airport have undoubtedly noticed the strange ride of aircraft from the Volotea company.

At first glance, one might think that they are victims of a technical problem preventing them from landing.

explains why there is no reason to worry.

This Thursday morning, at 8:50 a.m., motorists traveling on the secondary road adjoining the airport runway may have believed that a tragedy had been narrowly avoided.

A reader told us that an aircraft from the Volotea company, in the landing phase, gears down, suddenly overshot as it was about to touch the ground.

According to our witness, the plane then retracted its gears, regained altitude and began a wide turn to attempt a new approach.

Training for pilots based in Lille

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, the airport management wanted to be reassuring.

“No worries, the device had no technical problems.

It's just pilot training procedures,” we were told.

In fact, the Volotea company, which has just established a base at Lille airport, must train its pilots for this new environment.

"A dozen pilots are trained to recognize the terrain, the approach and landing procedures", specifies the management of the airport.

These training sessions, regulated, take place from 8 a.m. to noon, and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

They started on Wednesday and are due to end this Thursday.

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