A helicopter flew over a market in Neuilly near Paris on Sunday, blowing away the roofs of the stands.
This Sunday morning, onlookers and traders who were at the Neuilly market (Hauts-de-Seine) had a slight fright. A helicopter flew closely over the place, blowing away the stands installed.
Jean-Christophe Fromantin, the mayor of the city, indicated, on Twitter, to have noted “damage” at the level of the tents. He complains that he was not informed and that what he considers to be a military exercise “endangered people: everything was flying away, the tents, the poles of the tents”.
Avec un risque de mise en danger …
J'attends des explications @Armees_Gouv https://t.co/NylAR4oWKN pic.twitter.com/QrBTeT3JGD— J-C Fromantin (@JCFromantin) June 11, 2023
Last week, it was announced that several helicopters were going to fly over the capital on authorization from the Paris police headquarters, in order to prepare for the July 14 air parade. Four helicopters will fly over this sector in turn from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Until June 13, several overflights of the capital were also planned by helicopters from Olympic broadcasting services. One year from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, it is a question of “verifying the proper functioning of the radio transmission channels between the helicopters and the reception stations on the ground, whatever the position of the helicopter”, explains the prefecture. from police.
