French skydiving plane crashes near Nancy killing all 11 on board, says prefect

A skydiving plane has crashed in northeastern France, killing all eleven people on board, according to The Guardian World. The parachuting school aircraft went down near Nancy, with five pairs of students and instructors and the pilot all killed in the incident. Yves Séguy, the prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle region, reported that the plane fell suddenly near the aerodrome. An investigation into the cause is underway.

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