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Eleven people killed in plane crash in northeastern France, local officials say

Eleven people killed in plane crash in northeastern France, local officials say

PARIS — Eleven people were killed when ⁠a small plane crashed in the northeastern French town of Tomblaine on Sunday, the local prefecture ⁠said. The plane ​belonged to ⁠a parachutist school. The pilot and all 10 ⁠passengers - five students and ​five ⁠instructors - died in the accident, ‌the prefecture said. The French interior minister was on his ‌way to the scene, the ‌interior ministry said. Yves Seguy, the regional prefect, told broadcaster BFM ⁠the aircraft appeared to suffer damage before plunging vertically to the ground. The crash occurred in a built-up area near a shopping centre. “Give or take a ‌few meters and the ​accident could have caused ‌collateral casualties,” Seguy ⁠said. The local prosecutor did ⁠not immediately respond to a request ‌for comment.

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