France plane crash: At least 11 dead after skydiving aircraft crashes in Tomblaine

The skydiving plane crashed near the city of Nancy in France at 11 am (local time).

At least 11 people have died after a civilian plane crashed in the town of Tomblaine in northeastern France on Sunday, reports stated. The plane belonged to a parachutist school.

A group of people on a skydiving trip was aboard the plane, reports said. Police urged people to “strictly avoid” the area surrounding the airport in Tomblaine, Reuters reported. The police have also urged people to avoid the region around the airport in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department.

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According to a local prefecture, the plane had a pilot and 10 passengers, including five students and five instructors, all of whom died in the accident.

France’s interior ministry said the minister was on his way to the scene. The skydiving plane crashed near the city of Nancy at 11 am (local time).

Addressing the reporters, Yves Séguy, the prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle region, said the plane “fell suddenly, in the immediate vicinity of the airfield,” adding that no one on the ground was wounded, AP reported.

Séguy said emergency services responded promptly after the incident and relevant authorities were collecting statements from the witnesses. “Give ​or ​take ​a few meters and the accident could ​have caused collateral casualties,” he added, Reuters reported.

According to Thierry Pechey, president of the Meurthe-et-Moselle branch of the Order of Independent Nurses, half of the skydivers who died in the crash were nurses, BBC reported citing BFM.

Local officials have reportedly said that relatives of the victims were present at the airfield when the plane crashed.

France’s transport minister Philippe Tabarot called the incident a “terrible tragedy” and said he was also travelling to the crash site along with interior minister Laurent Nunez.

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At least 11 people have died after a civilian plane crashed in the town of Tomblaine in northeastern France on Sunday, reports stated. The plane belonged to a parachutist school.

A group of people on a skydiving trip was aboard the plane, reports said. Police urged people to “strictly avoid” the area surrounding the airport in Tomblaine, Reuters reported. The police have also urged people to avoid the region around the airport in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department.

JUST IN: 11 killed after plane crashes in Tomblaine, France pic.twitter.com/gBKb4TgKEu

— Rapid Report (@RapidReport2025) June 28, 2026

According to a local prefecture, the plane had a pilot and 10 passengers, including five students and five instructors, all of whom died in the accident.

France’s interior ministry said the minister was on his way to the scene. The skydiving plane crashed near the city of Nancy at 11 am (local time).

Addressing the reporters, Yves Séguy, the prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle region, said the plane “fell suddenly, in the immediate vicinity of the airfield,” adding that no one on the ground was wounded, AP reported.

Séguy said emergency services responded promptly after the incident and relevant authorities were collecting statements from the witnesses. “Give ​or ​take ​a few meters and the accident could ​have caused collateral casualties,” he added, Reuters reported.

According to Thierry Pechey, president of the Meurthe-et-Moselle branch of the Order of Independent Nurses, half of the skydivers who died in the crash were nurses, BBC reported citing BFM.

Local officials have reportedly said that relatives of the victims were present at the airfield when the plane crashed.

France’s transport minister Philippe Tabarot called the incident a “terrible tragedy” and said he was also travelling to the crash site along with interior minister Laurent Nunez.