Why a plane will fly over the Pas-de-Calais at very low altitude in the coming days
A propeller plane will fly over Hauts-de-France, as part of a study carried out by various laboratories, from June 14 to July 7.
No worries. The inhabitants of Artois, Cambrésis and potentially Lensois, Béthunois and Douaisis risk seeing a large plane flying just above their heads, from June 14 to July 7. The latter estimated at only 300 m from the ground, reporter our colleagues from The voice of the North.
“This plane is commissioned by Météo France, the CNRS and CNES, rapporteur Jean-Christophe Canonici, deputy director of the French Instrumented Aircraft Service for Environmental Research (SAFIRE) at the local daily. And what we could take for torpedoes are measuring instruments!
Eight engineers, attached to several laboratories, and 2.5 tonnes of scientific equipment will be transported in this propeller plane, a white ATR42.
Studies on urban pollution
These flights allowed laboratory engineers to “carry out a study on urban pollution and gas mixtures operating above forests”, explains the deputy director of SAFIRE to The voice of the North.
According to the daily, the device will not fly over the Lille metropolis, the study area extending over a perimeter of approximately 150 km.