11 dead in skydiving plane crash in France (VIDEO)
A Pilatus PC-6 Porter aircraft came down on a road near Nancy on Sunday, killing everyone on board
A plane carrying skydivers crashed in northeastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people on board.
A Swiss-made, single-engine Pilatus PC-6 Porter took off from the Nancy-Essey airfield and crashed shortly afterward on a road near the Auchan supermarket in Tomblaine, near the city of Nancy, officials said.
According to Ici radio, the aircraft, which was registered in Germany, had been rented by a local company providing introductory skydiving lessons.
The people on board reportedly included one pilot, five instructors and five trainees. Self-employed nurses were among the victims, according to the head of the local branch of the French National Nurses’ Association.
Una avioneta civil se estrelló en el departamento de Meurthe-et-Moselle, noreste de #Francia, provocando la muerte de sus 11 tripulantes, según medios locales.
La aeronave, que despegó desde el aeropuerto Nancy-Essey, cayó cerca de la comuna de Tomblaine.
Las víctimas son el… pic.twitter.com/ZkcypV3LAk
— David de la Paz 戴维 (@daviddelapaz) June 28, 2026
The prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Yves Seguy, told BFM TV that the crash was likely caused by a mechanical malfunction and that the plane fell from the sky rather than attempting an emergency landing. The exact cause of the incident remains under investigation, he added.
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French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot and Interior Minister Laurent Nunez traveled to the crash site on Sunday. Authorities have opened an investigation into the incident.
11 people is hard to ignore, no matter which side you are on.
According to Ici radio, the aircraft, which was registered in Germany, had been rented by a local company providing introductory skydiving lessons. Meanwhile the people on board reportedly included one pilot, five instructors and five trainees.
Reading that french Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot and Interior Minister Laurent Nunez traveled to the crash site on Sunday — hard to argue with the logic there.
What stands out is the people on board reportedly included one pilot, five instructors and five trainees. That is the part worth paying attention to.
Think about it: french Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot and Interior Minister Laurent Nunez traveled to the crash site on Sunday. That speaks volumes.
On one hand a plane carrying skydivers crashed in northeastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people on board. But at the same time according to Ici radio, the aircraft, which was registered in Germany, had been rented by a local company providing introductory skydiving lessons.
Basically french Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot and Interior Minister Laurent Nunez traveled to the crash site on Sunday. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
The bigger issue here is the people on board reportedly included one pilot, five instructors and five trainees. That changes the calculation.
When you look at a plane carrying skydivers crashed in northeastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people on board, the implications are hard to ignore.
Still waiting to hear what French Transport actually plans to do about it.
11 people. The real figures are likely much higher.
Yves Seguy has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
What stands out is according to Ici radio, the aircraft, which was registered in Germany, had been rented by a local company providing introductory skydiving lessons. That is the part worth paying attention to.
French Transport has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
On one hand the people on board reportedly included one pilot, five instructors and five trainees. But at the same time french Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot and Interior Minister Laurent Nunez traveled to the crash site on Sunday.