Video: Firefighter water bomber helicopter crashes into pond, occupants 'safe and sound'

The water-bombing helicopter of the Finistère Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS) "Morane 29" was engaged in a fire threatening a house in the Rosporden area. Before this "flight accident", it had carried out "27 drops" which "had made it possible to control a vegetation fire, preserving 10 threatened hectares", the prefecture continued.

“Cool-bloodedness” and “courage”

"The pilot of the aircraft and the firefighter officer on board managed to escape from the cockpit and return to shore safely," she explained, adding that "an investigation will determine the precise causes of this accident."