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PARIS – The helicopter pilot taken hostage to prison escape by one of France's most notorious criminals said the convicts' accomplices beat him up and threatened him during his abduction.
Stéphane Buy, an experienced pilot and instructor, told RTL radio on Wednesday that two men in a flying club near Paris forced him to take off on Sunday at gunpoint.
He knew them because they had already made a flight with him
"They told me to comply and do well my job or my family would be in danger, that someone either in front of my house, "he says, his voice breaking with emotion.
First, they landed in a field while others could be boarded. At that time, the engine of the old helicopter of the 1960s would not restart
Buy said that the men had hit him in the head and he briefly fell unconscious
"C & It was terrible, because I felt helpless. "The engine finally restarted and they headed for Reau Prison, south of Paris, to pull the convicted Redoine Faid back.
L & # 39; Focus team landed Buy in a tiny part of the yard, where a member of the team stayed with him and forced him to wait, hovering about 1 and a half feet above the ground. In the prison yard
"It seemed like an eternity," he said, "my fear was that the fuel level was low … I did not know where they would take me next."
Buy said Faid, the 46-year-old thief who is serving 25 years of murder, remained largely silent during the flight. he did not know who Faid was, even though he's a notorious figure in France who also wrote a book about his crime life.
The men made the pilot in a northern suburb of Paris where they released him and set fire to the helicopter.
French police launched a massive human hunt for Faid, which has not been seen since Sunday's escape
Buy still hoped to be able to fly in the next few days
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