The machine belonging to the parachuting school crashed shortly after takeoff from the Nancy-Essey airport and landed near a supermarket in the village of Tomblaine. According to information from the Ici portal, there were five tourists, the same number of tandem skydiving instructors and a pilot on board the German Pilatus PC6 machine.
According to the statement of the prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle district, Yves Seguy, the accident claimed all 11 lives, the website EstRépublicain recalled.
He also discovered that the victims were five nurses who were supposed to make their first parachute jump.
The French police asked the locals not to stay at the scene of the tragedy, so that rescuers and the police would have free access to the terrain. As a result of the accident, there was a large-scale power outage in the area. It is not yet clear why the plane crashed.
