Question 19220 — overseas

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Mr. Jean-Philippe Nilor alerts the Minister of the Interior regarding the security of the citizens of Martinique. Since April 3, 2019, Martinique has been without a civil security helicopter following a sea rescue operation during which the Dragon 972 accidentally hit a high voltage line. In order to remedy this, it was considered, before reconsideration, the use of the Dragon 973, an option which, rightly, aroused the immediate disapproval of Guyana's elected officials. Thus, by press release dated April 17, 2019, two weeks after the accident, it was announced on the one hand the transfer to France of the Dragon 972 for assessment and repair and on the other hand the pooling of the resources hitherto deployed in Guadeloupe. However, this solution is not satisfactory, especially if this situation were to drag on. Indeed, this pooling does not make it possible to ensure relief interventions for populations in optimal conditions and in fact excludes a concomitant intervention by Dragon in Martinique and Guadeloupe if this proves necessary. There would then be an inextricable dilemma to resolve. This situation is all the more unacceptable as the Easter holidays approach, the long weekends in May and the long school holidays which are periods undeniably conducive to accidents of all kinds. The plane accident of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation which cost the life of its pilot on Thursday April 18, 2019 corroborates the need for substantial resources dedicated to each of the islands and to Guyana, for obvious reasons of protection of the populations. This is why he asks him what concrete measures he intends to take for the immediate assignment in Martinique of a new civil security helicopter in the name of “national solidarity” on which the people of Martinique, like all French citizens, must be able to count.

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