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Skydiving plane crashes in France, killing all 11 people on board
Key takeaways
- Rescuers work at the site of a fatal skydiving plane crash in Tomblaine, France.
- The crash on Sunday killed five instructors, five students and the pilot, said the regional prefect Yves Seguy.
- The incident in the north-eastern French town of Tomblaine marks one of the country's deadliest light aircraft accidents.
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Rescuers work at the site of a fatal skydiving plane crash in Tomblaine, France. (Reuters: Christian Hartmann)
Link copied Share Share article. A civilian aircraft carrying skydivers has crashed in eastern France, killing all 11 people on board, local authorities say.
The crash on Sunday killed five instructors, five students and the pilot, said the regional prefect Yves Seguy.
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