Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleEleven people, including five novice jumpers, five instructors, and the pilot, died after a skydiving plane crashed in northeastern France on Sunday. The aircraft "dropped out of the sky suddenly" and "fell almost vertically" shortly after taking off from the Nancy-Essey airfield, narrowly avoiding a built-up area. Some victims' families reportedly witnessed the accident, leading to significant emotional and psychological trauma. Authorities have described it as France's most significant aviation accident involving skydiving in three decades. The Paris prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into the cause of the crash, which involved a single-engine Pilatus PC-6. In fullFamilies of French skydiving crash victims watched on as 11 killed in ‘vertical fall’Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
French skydiving plane ‘dropped out of sky’ during crash that killed 11
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleEleven people, including five novice jumpers, five instructors, and the pilot, died after a skydiving plane crashed in northeastern France on Sunday. The aircraft "dropped out of the sky suddenly" and "fell almost vertically" shortly after taking off from the Nancy-Essey airfield, narrowly avoiding a built-up area. Some victims' families reportedly witnessed the accident, leading to significant emotional and psychological trauma. Authorities have described it as France's most significant aviation accident involving skydiving in three decades. The Paris prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into the cause of the crash, which involved a single-engine Pilatus PC-6. In fullFamilies of French skydiving crash victims watched on as 11 killed in ‘vertical fall’Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
