Accident à Bordeaux
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Accident à Bordeaux
Information d'un accident à Lugon-et-l'Île-du-Carnay ,
Crash d'un hélicoptère en Gironde : les quatre passagers portés disparus - SudOuest.fr
Crash d'un hélicoptère en Gironde : les quatre passagers portés disparus - SudOuest.fr
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Daily Mail English language article here
In a separate incident a helicopter belonging to Helisud was fire-bombed with Molotov cocktails while parked on private property at Porto Vecchio in Corsica. Thankfully no one was injured.
Un hélicoptère détruit par un incendie volontaire | La Provence
In a separate incident a helicopter belonging to Helisud was fire-bombed with Molotov cocktails while parked on private property at Porto Vecchio in Corsica. Thankfully no one was injured.
Un hélicoptère détruit par un incendie volontaire | La Provence
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Very sad - but somewhere a notaire is rubbing his/her hands with the prospect of the fees for unravelling the legal consequences - me cynical about (French) lawyers - never.
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Quote - Very sad - but somewhere a notaire is rubbing his/her hands with the prospect of the fees for unravelling the legal consequences - me cynical about (French) lawyers - never.
Very true. In this matter french notaires and lawyers are light years behind their anglo saxon counterparts.
ATN
Very true. In this matter french notaires and lawyers are light years behind their anglo saxon counterparts.
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Local news coverage here:
Crash en Gironde : l'hélicoptère localisé dans la Dordogne avec le corps de l'enfant à l'intérieur - SudOuest.fr
According to some sources a previous owner of the estate also lost his life in a helicopter accident.
Sadly I have to agree with Wander's and ATN comments about notaires in France, they have a different role to their counterparts elsewhere - they act as more of a Tax Collector than an advisor vs. their UK counterparts and their scale of charges is absolutely eyewatering.
Crash en Gironde : l'hélicoptère localisé dans la Dordogne avec le corps de l'enfant à l'intérieur - SudOuest.fr
According to some sources a previous owner of the estate also lost his life in a helicopter accident.
Sadly I have to agree with Wander's and ATN comments about notaires in France, they have a different role to their counterparts elsewhere - they act as more of a Tax Collector than an advisor vs. their UK counterparts and their scale of charges is absolutely eyewatering.
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A fine wine blogger did a story on the owner of this vineyard in 2010 (same person who was reportedly flying the accident helicopter). In his blog, the owner gave the blogger a tour of this estate in his helicopter. At the time, the blogger published a photo of the helicopter....a yellow R44.
Don't know if it's the same helicopter today.
I'll try to find a link to the story...
Don't know if it's the same helicopter today.
I'll try to find a link to the story...
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Mr McFarlane,
The BBC reckons that the former owner was flying the new owner around the site, with his son, while the new owner's wife waited behind saying she "was frightened of helicopters. If there were three on board and four were offered a ride, then it has to be an R44?
The BBC reckons that the former owner was flying the new owner around the site, with his son, while the new owner's wife waited behind saying she "was frightened of helicopters. If there were three on board and four were offered a ride, then it has to be an R44?
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RIP to all these very unlucky people.
I may be wrong but since the sale will not complete unless the heirs of both parties want (and I doubt they will), notary will not receive the big commission and will have to work instead on the relatively simpler inheritance matter.
I may be wrong but since the sale will not complete unless the heirs of both parties want (and I doubt they will), notary will not receive the big commission and will have to work instead on the relatively simpler inheritance matter.