Overview
- Yannick Dainese told L'Équipe on Friday that he piloted the SAF Hélicoptères flight that evacuated Michael Schumacher after a December 29, 2013 skiing accident.
- He says rescuers stabilized Schumacher on a vacuum mattress and flew him in about 25 minutes to the University Hospital in Grenoble.
- Dainese recounts that an emergency medic announced 'We’re taking Schumacher' and that the scene was sealed off with orders to deactivate microphones and GoPros and bar journalists.
- The pilot says he chose silence for roughly twelve years to respect the family’s privacy and to avoid media problems before speaking now.
- The interview adds a first-person operational perspective on the rescue and the confidentiality measures used then but does not provide new, verifiable medical details about Schumacher’s present condition.