Eleven people killed in parachutist plane crash in 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

PARIS — Eleven people were killed when ⁠a small plane crashed in the northeastern French town of Tomblaine on Sunday, the local prefecture ⁠said.

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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.