What happened for the plane piloted by journalist Gérard Lerclerc to crash into the water in Lavau-sur-Loire, causing the death of its three occupants on August 15, 2023? Eight months later, the accident investigation office (BEA) has not submitted its report.
Last week, he published the conclusions on an accident which cost the life of a Baule ULM pilot, which occurred in May 2023, eleven months ago. The BEA has various means to retrace the last moments and determine the causes. Analysis of rooms, auditions, recordings of conversations with controllers or SMS messages for example. But on this type of device, there is no black box.
“In our area, nothing requires a device to report itself”
The DR 400 registered F-GMXY, a small four-seater plane like those used in La Baule and in many airfields, left around 11 a.m. from Loudun (Vienna), where the journalist was based.
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