- Eleven 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.
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