Emergency services work at the scene of a plane crash in Tomblaine, near Nancy, northeastern France, on Sunday. Photo by Alexandre Marchi/EPA
June 28 (UPI) -- A small plane carrying a group of skydivers and their instructors crashed Sunday in northeastern France, killing 11, local officials said.
The plane crashed along a bike path in the town of Tomblaine outside the city of Nancy in the Meurthe-et-Moselle region, French emergency officials said, as reported by Sky News.
Among the dead were the pilot, five students and five instructors. No one on the ground was injured or killed.
Yves Séguy, an official of Meurthe-et-Moselle, said the crash was close to an urban shopping center.
