A Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil avoided a crash at the Vieille lighthouse, off the Pointe du Raz, during a maintenance operation of the Lighthouses and Beacons staff.
The pilot recovered the aircraft a few meters from the surface of the sea, in a maneuver that caused the release of a large cloud of smoke that was visible when the emergency floating devices are activated.
Emergency buoyancy has been triggered.
The reason of the incident is unknown for the moment.
A person on the lighthouse was injured.
"The delegate of the CGT union of lighthouse and beacon workers testifies, after having been able to speak with his hospitalised colleague. He was very scared," he said. He explained to me that the accident happened when the helicopter was removing one of the frames from the lighthouse's lantern. He was on the walkway. The helicopter lifted the load vertically, became unbalanced and the pilot lost control. The load caught my colleague against the wall and that's why he was injured."
An internal investigation was opened by the North Atlantic Channel West Interregional Directorate of the Sea (DIRM NAMO) to determine the reasons for this incident.
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