Eleven people killed in plane crash in northeastern France, local officials say – NBC News

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PARIS — Eleven people were killed when ⁠a small plane crashed in the northeastern French town of Tomblaine on Sunday, the local prefecture ⁠said.
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The plane ​belonged to ⁠a parachutist school. The pilot and all 10 ⁠passengers – five students and ​five ⁠instructors – died in the accident, ‌the prefecture said.
The French interior minister was on his ‌way to the scene, the ‌interior ministry said.
Yves Seguy, the regional prefect, told broadcaster BFM ⁠the aircraft appeared to suffer damage before plunging vertically to the ground. The crash occurred in a built-up area near a shopping centre.
“Give or take a ‌few meters and the ​accident could have caused ‌collateral casualties,” Seguy ⁠said.
The local prosecutor did ⁠not immediately respond to a request ‌for comment.
Reuters
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