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There have been many messages on social media.
Written by residents of Nantes during the day on Monday, they expressed fear, misunderstanding or at least a question.
“The gendarmes are in training?”
,
"My cat freaks out as if by license"
,
"It's not reassuring at all for the inhabitants"
: these publications revolved around the same subject.
The low-altitude flight over the city by a helicopter.
Something to awaken memories in those who have already undergone this type of operation during the demonstrations against the Notre-Dame-des-Landes airport project.
Except that the latter has been abandoned since January 2018. So what is it?
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“These overflights are carried out as part of operational preparation for the major sporting events to come in Nantes, which are the Rugby World Cup and the
Olympic Games ,
”
the Loire-Atlantique prefecture
told
Le Figaro .
She specifies that the operation will last until Friday.
The overflights will take place during a time slot which extends from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. although
“the helicopter somewhat overflowed last night
[mondi soir, NDLR]
”
.
A surprising lack of communication
If the helicopter is flying so low in the Nantes sky, around 50 meters from the ground, and at a moderate speed of 70 km/h, it is because it must
"carry out a map"
of the places linked to the future deployment. in place of
“safety devices”
.
Difficult to know more from the prefecture, which does not wish to say more.
Still, the people of Nantes were not warned of this operation upstream.
It would not be an oversight but a choice.
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The prefecture would have decided not to communicate before the operation, there too, in the name of the security argument.
An explanation that may surprise in view of what happened in Toulouse a few days ago.
In Haute-Garonne, the State services had published a press release to warn the inhabitants of this same operation, which must extend from February 1 to 10.
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