At least two people died on Friday November 25 in the crash in the town of Villefranche-sur-Mer (Alpes-Maritimes) of a civilian helicopter providing the link between the city of Lausanne, in Switzerland, and the principality of Monaco, a we learned from the firefighters and the prefecture.
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The accident took place around 2 p.m. in the town of Villefranche-sur-Mer, on the border with that of Èze
,” a representative of the prefecture told AFP.
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Uncertainty regarding the number of victims
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Two bodies have been found but there is still uncertainty about the number of people on board the aircraft, we do not yet know if there were two or three people
,” added this source, without giving details on the incident. identity of the victims or the causes of the accident.
The emergency services pointed out that more than fifty firefighters intervened at the site of the crash of the aircraft, specifying that there was no risk of propagation to the vegetation.
The Air Transport Gendarmerie also visited the scene.
According to the prefecture, the aircraft was chartered by the Monegasque private company Monacair and was flying between the city of Lausanne, Switzerland, and the Principality of Monaco.
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