The emergency services of Picardy Wallonia were called to intervene in an impressive accident, this Saturday around 3 p.m. A small plane towing a glider, which had taken off from Maubray airport a few moments earlier, crashed in a cornfield in Callenelle. According to initial information, a technical problem was the cause of the accident.
The airline pilot, a man of around 35, managed to get out of the cockpit alone, before it caught fire. He was taken to hospital. His days would not be in danger. Additional examinations must be carried out.
The cornfield apparently cushioned the plane’s fall.” It’s a miracle “, specifies Vincent Palermo, the mayor of Péruwelz. ” The outcome would probably not have been the same if the plane had landed in a wheat field. The pilot probably also owes his survival to his good reflexes and his experience. “