A Piper plane landed urgently on Monday 23 August in the afternoon on a beach in Biscarosse (Landes): its pilot is unharmed while the student he was with jumped from the aircraft before the landing and was wanted, AFP learned from firefighters.
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The plane landed around 5.30 p.m. on a beach on a military estate, according to firefighters.
Air and sea resources, two helicopters and two ships, were then hired to try to find the student pilot, the same source said.
By early evening, the search was unsuccessful, according to firefighters.
The identity of the pilot and the passenger were not specified.
