Bell 47G-2 crash near Saint-Julien-de-Concelles, France

A Bell 47G-2 helicopter (F-GEQH, manufactured 1959) operated by Giragri 17 struck high-voltage wires and crashed into a greenhouse near Saint-Julien-de-Concelles, Loire-Atlantique, at approximately 17:15 local time. The helicopter was spraying a chalk-based whitewash product onto greenhouses to protect crops from sun damage. The pilot was uninjured. The BEA classified the event as a low-altitude operations incident.