{"id":6197,"date":"2021-03-08T14:56:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T14:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=6197"},"modified":"2021-03-08T14:56:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T14:56:02","slug":"french-politician-olivier-dassault-dies-in-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/03\/08\/french-politician-olivier-dassault-dies-in-helicopter-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"French politician Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>French MP and billionaire Olivier Dassault has died in a helicopter crash in north-western France.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The accident occurred on Sunday evening in Normandy where he had a holiday home, according to police sources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>In his tribute, President Emmanuel Macron said Dassault, 69, loved France and his death would be &#8220;a great loss&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6198\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivier-Dassault-dies-in-helicopter-accident-rapid-news-dailyrapid.jpg\" alt=\"Olivier-Dassault-dies-in-helicopter-accident-rapid-news-dailyrapid\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivier-Dassault-dies-in-helicopter-accident-rapid-news-dailyrapid.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivier-Dassault-dies-in-helicopter-accident-rapid-news-dailyrapid-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivier-Dassault-dies-in-helicopter-accident-rapid-news-dailyrapid-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dassault was the son of industrialist Serge Dassault, whose group builds Rafale war planes and owns Le Figaro newspaper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>He was elected to the National Assembly &#8211; France&#8217;s lower house of parliament &#8211; in 2002 and represented the Oise area of northern France.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The MP, from the centre-right Republicans,\u00a0was considered the 361st richest man in the world &#8211; worth an estimated \u20ac6.3bn ($7.3bn; \u00a35.2bn) according to Forbes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&#8220;Olivier Dassault loved France. Captain of industry, lawmaker, local elected official, reserve commander in the air force: during his life, he never ceased to serve our country, to value its assets. His sudden death is a great loss,&#8221; Mr Macron said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The helicopter carrying Dassault crashed near Deauville at about 18:00 (1700 GMT), sources told AFP news agency. The pilot was also killed, the sources added. No-one else was on board.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Investigators with France&#8217;s civil aviation authority said in a tweet that the helicopter, an AS350 \u00c9cureuil, had crashed &#8220;on take-off&#8221; from private land.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Dassault was the father of three children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Richard Ferrand, president of the National Assembly, said: &#8220;I am thinking of his family and loved ones who must feel terrible pain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Valerie Pecresse, a conservative politician, tweeted: &#8220;Great sadness at the news of the sudden passing of Olivier Dassault. A businessman, but also a renowned photographer, he had a passion for politics in his blood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Dassault&#8217;s grandfather, Marcel Dassault, founded Dassault Aviation which made aircraft propellers in World War One.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>On Marcel&#8217;s death in 1986, Serge Dassault appointed Olivier director of civil aircraft strategy at the company. 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