Overview
- The Pilatus light aircraft crashed almost vertically shortly after departing Nancy-Essey on Sunday, June 28, killing the pilot and ten people who were aboard for tandem or taster parachute jumps.
- Local officials said the ten passengers were five instructors and five course participants and that several participants were freelance healthcare workers from the region.
- The wreck fell onto a green area near the runway close to housing and caused no reported injuries on the ground despite relatives and bystanders witnessing the crash.
- Police, firefighters and medical teams cordoned the site, provided psychological support to relatives and witnesses, and senior ministers visited the scene as investigators began evidence collection.
- Prosecutors and aviation investigators have opened a technical probe with no cause confirmed yet and will rely on wreckage analysis, technical inspections and eyewitness or smartphone video because the aircraft lacks a flight data recorder.