Overview
- Investigating judges ordered on Friday, May 22, 2026, that three producers, a safety manager and Adventure Line Productions be tried in the Paris correctional court on charges tied to the 2015 Villa Castelli helicopter collision.
- The crash on March 9, 2015, killed ten people including French athletes Camille Muffat, Florence Arthaud and Alexis Vastine when two AS 350 helicopters collided during filming of the TF1 show Dropped.
- Prosecutors say investigators found operational faults that could engage criminal responsibility, citing the absence of a joint pilot briefing, failures to ensure compliance with aeronautical rules, and decisions that prioritized budget or editorial aims over safety.
- The case builds on a December 2015 Argentine technical report faulting pilot training, risky flight planning and the use of public-service aircraft for a private shoot and on a 2021 French mise en examen of ALP for an alleged 'faute caractérisée' over aerial budgeting.
- Victims' relatives said they were relieved that a criminal trial will finally proceed while ALP and its lawyers deny criminal liability, say they provided necessary safety resources and note that no trial date is yet set.