Terrible accident this Thursday, November 21 at Benslimane airport. A light aircraft, belonging to the Royal Air Forces (FRA) training center, crashed while taking off around 10 a.m., we learned Le360 from a reliable source.
The aircraft, a Diamond Aircraft DA42 (twin-engine aircraft), was used primarily for training airline pilots for national airlines. The two people on board, an instructor and his student, unfortunately died in the crash, the causes of which remain unknown for the moment. An investigation by the Royal Gendarmerie is underway at the accident site, in coordination with the Bureau of Investigation and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA).
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Recall that a decree published in August 2020 had established a contractual framework between the National Defense Administration and Royal Air Maroc (RAM), allowing the Royal Air School (ERA) to train airline pilots of national airlines.
This training is divided into two phases. The first phase, provided at the ERA in Marrakech, includes three months of military training, focused on “discipline, rigor, and a sense of patriotism and responsibility», followed by theoretical training in aeronautics lasting 15 months. The second phase, which takes place over 24 months at the Benslimane Base, is devoted to practical training, including simulator sessions and flights on DA10 (single-engine) and DA42 (twin-engine) aircraft, over a period of 24 months. month.
Having become the benchmark twin-engine aircraft for professional pilot training, the Diamond Aircraft DA42 is an Austrian light aircraft derived from the single-engine Diamond DA40D. It is the first twin-engine aircraft equipped with diesel engines also running on kerosene, thus offering very low consumption (around 18 liters per hour per engine). Its low operating costs have also enabled the emergence of lower-cost air taxi services, up to three times cheaper than old business jets.
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