In the night from Friday to Saturday, a cargo plane ran into difficulties when it tried to land at Montpellier airport. The bad weather conditions caused the plane to miss the runway, as a result of which it ended up with its nose in the nearby lake.
The airport will remain closed for the time being. “As long as this aircraft is on the runway and the investigation is not completed, we will not reopen the airport. After the removal of the aircraft, the runway will also be carefully diagnosed,” the prefecture said in a statement. 42 flight movements were planned for Saturday, including 21 commercial flights.
The airport has launched an investigation into how the accident could have happened. No one was injured in the accident. The three people on the plane were unharmed, the Herault prefecture reported.