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Skydiving plane crash in eastern France kills 11
A light aircraft carrying five nursing students, five instructors, and a pilot crashed near Nancy on Sunday, killing everyone on board. Local officials opened a technical investigation and said the cause remains unknown.
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A skydiving plane crashed Sunday near the Nancy-Essey aerodrome in eastern France, killing all 11 people aboard. The victims included five nursing students, five instructors, and the pilot, according to local authorities. The aircraft, a Pilatus PC-6 registered in Germany, went down in a grassy area close to the runway.
Officials said the plane fell straight down during ascent and landed meters from nearby homes. The five students were nurses from the Meurthe-et-Moselle region who had chartered the plane for a recreational jump. A local nursing official said the group chose the outing to unwind during a heatwave.
Response and investigation Medical and psychological teams provided support to relatives and witnesses at the scene. Police restricted access around the airport to allow emergency services to work. The cause of the crash is not yet known. A technical investigation has been opened by prosecutors in Nancy.
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez and Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot are scheduled to visit the site later in the day.
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