NANCY, France — A plane carrying skydivers crashed Sunday in northeastern France, killing all 11 people aboard, officials said.
The aircraft experienced a malfunction shortly after departing from Nancy-Essey airfield, on the outskirts of Nancy, and plunged almost straight down, regional prefect Yves Séguy said.
Séguy told BFM-TV the plane came down near the edge of a residential area close to the airfield.
The Meurthe-et-Moselle prefect said the outcome could have been even worse if the aircraft had crashed just a short distance away, where others on the ground might have been hit.
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According to flight-tracking service Flightradar24, the plane turned left after takeoff and crashed less than a minute later near homes.
Those killed were five parachuting instructors, five customers and the pilot, local newspaper L’Est Républicain reported.
Police sealed off the mangled wreckage as investigators and emergency crews worked at the scene.
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