Eastern France Skydiving Plane Crash Kills 11, Including 5 Nurses
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Updated · CBS New York · Jun 28
Eastern France Skydiving Plane Crash Kills 11, Including 5 Nurses
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Jun 28
Summary
Five nurses were among 11 people killed when a German-registered skydiving plane crashed Sunday near the runway at Nancy-Essey aerodrome in Tomblaine.
Local officials said the aircraft went down during ascent in a grassy area just meters from homes and roads, avoiding an even larger disaster.
The dead were the pilot, five instructors and five students — identified as colleagues taking a first tandem jump while relatives watched from the ground.
A technical investigation is underway into the still-unclear cause, while medical and psychological teams support witnesses and ministers head to the scene.