Dassault dead after crash
The French MP and billionaire Olivier Dassault and his pilot died in a helicopter crash in Normandy on Sunday evening. He was the father of three. French president Emmanuel Macron tweeted: “His sudden death is a great loss.” Dassault, aged 69, was first elected to the National Assembly in 2002, after stepping back from his family’s business. The family controls Dassault Aviation, which builds Rafale fighter jets, and owns one of France’s largest newspapers, Le Figaro. Dassault’s net worth was estimated to be more than €6bn. An inquiry will be opened into the accident, which took place in Touques, about 200km northwest of Paris. Sources: AFP, BBC, DW, Euronews and Reuters.