Ubisoft co-founder – A Cessna 421 crashed in a field in La Baule, France, on Friday, June 19, killing two people. The twin-engine plane had taken off from Rennes, and among the victims was Claude Guillemot—co-founder of Ubisoft and owner of the aircraft.
A twin-engine Cessna 421 went down in a field in La Baule on Friday afternoon, and by the time firefighters from Loire-Atlantique arrived, the aircraft was already ablaze.
Two people died in the crash. Firefighters reported that the “aircraft was on fire, and the flames were spreading to the surrounding vegetation.” The plane had taken off from Rennes, and it crashed in the commune of La Baule, according to firefighters.
The mayor of La Baule, Franck Louvrier, later described the aircraft as “a Cessna 421, a twin-engine propeller aircraft with eight seats,” adding that it had taken off from Rennes.
Claude Guillemot’s name has now become part of the unfolding story of the crash. He is described as the owner of the aircraft and a co-founder of Ubisoft. Ouest-France information. which it was able to confirm. says Guillemot—co-founder of Ubisoft along with his four brothers—was one of the two victims.
Guillemot was expected to be in La Baule this weekend for an event involving more than a hundred aircraft. The other passenger was reported to be an instructor from Rennes.
The fire. the spread to nearby vegetation. and the fact that the aircraft had departed from Rennes with two people aboard. all leave one immediate question hanging over La Baule: what happened between takeoff and the moment the Cessna was found in flames?. For now. the crash has taken two lives and disrupted plans that were already set to bring hundreds of aircraft into the area.
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