Everyone on board a civilian aircraft that crashed in north-eastern France on Sunday has been killed, according to French media reports citing rescue services.
The victims included the pilot and two groups of five skydivers each. The aircraft had taken off from Nancy-Essey airfield. Authorities said a wide area around the crash site in Tomblaine had been cordoned off.
Police, firefighters and emergency services were deployed in large numbers to support recovery efforts and help establish the cause of the crash.
The public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation.
