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| Date: | Sunday 1 July 2018 |
| Time: | 11:40 |
| Type: |  Sud Aviation SE 313 B Alouette II |
| Owner/operator: | Les Anciennes Pales |
| Registration: | F-AZYQ |
| MSN: | 1003 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Gonesse (Val d'Oise) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | Lognes |
| Gonesse (Val d'Oise) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The pilot and the helicopter were hijacked Sunday at Lognes airport to participate in the escape of a dangerous convict Redoine Faïd. The helicopter landed in the prison of Réau (Seine-et-Marne) to pick-up the convict.
Then landed later near Gonesse. The commando fired the cockpit with gasoline and acid.
The pilot was slightly injured.
Sources:
https://translate.google.fr/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ouest-france.fr%2Fsociete%2Fprison%2Fevasion-de-redoine-faid-le-pilote-pris-en-otage-refait-le-parcours-avec-les-policiers-5860706&edit-text=
https://translate.google.fr/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lepoint.fr%2Ffaits-divers%2Fevasion-de-redoine-faid-l-incroyable-recit-du-pilote-de-l-helicoptere-04-07-2018-2233077_2627.php&edit-text=
Media:
The instructor pilot of an Alouette II was hijacked in Logne Sunday to participate in the escape of the perpetrator chronicle Redoine Faïd from the prison of Réau (Seine-et-Marne, France), was able to go back in a helicopter the next day of this operation.https://t.co/S3krOP6KI8 pic.twitter.com/TeVoNKhaJ9
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 4 juillet 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Jul-2018 10:55 | Iceman 29 | Added |
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