One light aircraft was intercepted this Wednesday morning, around 10:30 a.m., above Toulon by a Mirage 2000, the Air and Space Force announced on its Twitter account.
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The device entered the French sky, without respecting several rules. He had not no flight plan, no radio contact and flew over “prohibited areas”further specifies the Air and Space Force.
The plane, belonging to a Italian flight training school, was stopped by a Mirage 2000 which escorted him to Aix – Les Milles aerodrome. It then landed there under the surveillance of a Fennec helicopter.
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The crew was taken care of by the sky police, further specifies the Air and Space Force, accustomed to this type of intervention. Last year there were 170.