Eleven people, including a pilot and 10 parachutists, were killed when a small plane crashed in the northeastern French town of Tomblaine on Sunday, narrowly missing nearby homes as their families watched, officials and a witness said. The aircraft, used by a parachuting school and carrying five trainee parachutists and five instructors, went down shortly after take-off from Nancy-Essey airport, officials said. Some of the trainees' family members were at the small regional airport and witnessed the crash, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told reporters.

Eleven people have been killed after a civilian aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in the town of Tomblaine in eastern France, local authorities have confirmed. The pilot and ten…

PARIS - A small civilian aircraft crashed on Sunday in Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France, killing all 11 people on board, local media reported.

A civilian aircraft crashed on Sunday near the eastern French town of Tomblaine, authorities said, with local media reporting possible fatalities. Police urged people to "strictly…