00:01Papa Charlie, Papa Charlie, Papa Charlie de Syrah.
00:09The competitors saw the airy at three o'clock in the afternoon in Gao.
00:14He gave the ceremonial kick-off for a children's football game.
00:21Apparently it took longer than expected.
00:24He took off again, but they didn't have enough fuel to reach Gorma Raus.
00:31They were only about 15 kilometres short.
00:37But it was dark, so they decided to land.
00:43Bernard Giroud got to the bivouac and said, Thierry wants the organisation to send a car to pick him up.
00:50And then a few minutes later, another competitor arrived and said,
00:54I think there's been a helicopter crash.
01:00The terrain was very flat and the visibility was very poor.
01:14The helicopter landed once, then took off again, following the headlights of a car.
01:18But they didn't realise that at one point the car was climbing and there was a 30-metre dune.
01:25The first for 150 kilometres and the helicopter crashed.
01:28On board were Thierry Sabine, Jean-Paul Lefour on the radio,
01:40François-Xavier Bagnou, the pilots, Daniel Balavoine and Nathalie Audun from the Journal de Dimanche.
01:48All five of them are dead.
01:58And that's where the mystery and the legend of Thierry began.
02:02Nobody knows why they took off again, because they'd already landed and asked for a vehicle.
02:06The rally will continue tomorrow. At any rate, we'd already talked about this eventuality with Thierry and I know it's what he would have wanted.
02:24Obviously, it's difficult and sad. He hasn't faded into oblivion, because everyone who took part back then, I'm sure they think about him every week, because that man changed our lives.
02:41Because this man-là changed our lives.
02:44The 8th rally for Yann G. Dakar. Are you kidding?
02:47Yes!
02:48Are you kidding?
02:49Yes!
02:50Are you kidding?
02:51Yes!
02:52Five!
02:53Four!
02:54Three!
02:56Two!
02:57One!
02:58Thank you to all! It's done!
03:11Three!
03:13Three!
03:18Two!
03:20Two!
03:26One!
03:31Three!
03:32One!
03:33Three!
