France skydiving plane crash kills 11, investigators pursue cause
A single-engine Pilatus PC-6 carrying 11 people—five parachuting instructors, five first-time tandem skydivers, and the pilot—crashed shortly after takeoff from Nancy-Essey Airport in northeastern France, killing all aboard. Officials said a malfunction caused the aircraft to fall almost vertically, narrowly missing nearby homes. The Paris prosecutor’s office and the Air Transport Gendarmerie opened an investigation to determine the cause, marking it France’s deadliest skydiving aviation accident in about 30 years.