Odd News

Numerous complaints about the noise, in the exclusive Saint-Tropez resort,lead to the reducing of helicopter flights in the area, and could utimately lead to jet setters being grounded. According to Francoise Souliman, an official in the regional administrative centre of Draguignan, abuses of an agreement to limit flightsled to the closing of a helipad, that accounted for about 30% of helicopter flights in the area. Synonimos with international glamour, Saint-Tropez remains a magnet for the rich and famous, since it's discovery in the 1950s by stars like Brigitte Bardot. Helicopters are used to ferry passengers over traffic jams all over the area, including many villages and marinas along the coast. According tu Souliman, "There's a shocking noise at all times of the day and they're quite often flying over the marinas at Gassin so you've got helicopters flying very low. "We've had times when the nuisance has been so great that we had to hit hard." 1200 flights were authorised for one year, at certain times of the day, but only from August to June 2006, a number of 5000 flights were recorded. "There are companies that respect the rules completely but there are one or two companies that don't respect anything at all," Souliman said.

by Ioana Madalina Tantareanu for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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