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Skydiving plane crash in northeastern France kills pilot and 10 others
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- A plane carrying 11 people, including five parachuting instructors, five novice jumpers, and the pilot, crashed shortly after takeoff from Nancy-Essey Airport in northeastern France, killing all aboard.
- The aircraft, a single-engine Pilatus PC-6, suffered a malfunction and fell almost vertically, narrowly missing residential areas, according to local officials.
- French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez and Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot visited the crash site, praising the coordinated emergency response and activating psychological support for victims' families and witnesses.
- The investigation is being led by the Paris prosecutor's office and the Air Transport Gendarmerie, with France's Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses also involved, to determine the cause of the crash.
- This incident is noted as France's deadliest skydiving-related aviation accident in about 30 years and follows a recent similar deadly skydiving plane crash in Missouri, USA.
