00:00 But what happened above the Loire so that Gérard Leclerc, however experienced, brutally loses
00:14 control of the plane he was flying and takes his two passengers to death?
00:18 While the tributes have multiplied since the accident, on Tuesday, August 15, the investigation,
00:24 as for it, has begun.
00:25 And according to the first findings, the shock must have been extreme violence.
00:33 Their families are undoubtedly eager to know what happened, this Tuesday, August 15, on
00:42 the way from Vienna to the Bole, but the first explanations will be very hard.
00:46 Almost a week after the terrible plane crash that cost the life of journalist Gérard
00:54 Leclerc and his two passengers, the experts, quickly arrived on site, have indeed begun
01:00 to draw their conclusions about the accident thanks to the debris found.
01:04 And according to them, the three passengers suffered a huge shock.
01:10 At the end of the recovery of the wreck carried out on Wednesday, August 16, first findings
01:19 were made on August 17 by the technicians of the Air Transport Gendarmerie and those
01:24 of the investigation and analysis office, has also explained the vice-procurator of
01:28 Saint-Nazaire, who ceased to speak officially.
01:31 Many elements of the aircraft remain missing on a wreck which therefore has a partial character.
01:39 The first findings nevertheless tend to confirm a very high-speed impact without
01:46 any indication of a real impact. A shock in the water of the Loire, which probably killed the three passengers, but which will now have to be explained. Is it a material, human failure? For the moment, the questions are being asked, especially since the only information we have at the moment is that the experts show that the plane had tried a 90-degree turn a few seconds before its fall.
02:14 Would Gérard Leclerc have wanted to regain the firm ground to attempt an emergency landing? For the moment, difficult to say.
02:24 Especially since the EBA, the investigation and analysis office, which is leading these investigations, will not be able to rely on a black box since the plane did not have one.
02:39 Regulation does not impose it. And anyway, as many instruments are analog and not digital on these small planes, it would not be recorded.
02:51 And then a black box, made to resist deep shock, costs extremely expensive, explains an expert to our colleagues from West France.
03:03 Before nuancing.a very long investigation this absence will not prevent from looking for the cause of the accident.
03:12 The EBA will be able to rely on radar information and maybe on the iPad or the pilot's phone.
03:21 Today everyone uses their phone to navigate, he explains.
03:29 Still, the bodies, which were very damaged, still have their personal effects on them.
03:37 In any case, according to the vice-procureur, these will soon be returned to their loved ones, the autopsy operations of the bodies were continued and completed that day, Friday August 18, notes from the editorial office, at the Medical Legal Institute of Nantes.
03:56 Urgent DNA analysis is underway to definitively confirm the identity of the bodies and be able to return them to the families, he explained.
04:08 So, when can we get answers? It seems that it is necessary to wait a little longer, it could only happen in two years according to an expert. Who still tries to be optimistic, the research will focus on the elements found in the device, inevitably very damaged.
04:27 A Robin Doctor 400, if it is made of wood and canvas. But it is possible to find information there.
04:41 The body is a very large object, it is very difficult to find a good place to place it. It is very difficult to find a good place to put it.
04:55 It is very difficult to find a good place to put it. It is very difficult to find a good place to put it.
05:15 It is very difficult to find a good place to put it.
