Overview
- A twin-engine Cessna 421 crashed on approach to La Baule aerodrome on Friday, June 19, killing both people aboard after the aircraft burst into flames.
- Ubisoft confirmed Claude Guillemot’s death and offered condolences while declining further comment, saying no additional statements will be made at this time.
- Local reporting and emergency services identified the other victim as a flight instructor, and families of the two victims were notified the same evening.
- The Saint-Nazaire prosecutor opened an inquiry reported as involuntary manslaughter and French civil aviation investigators (BEA) are expected to carry out a technical accident investigation.
- Claude Guillemot, 69, co-founded Ubisoft in 1986 and led the Guillemot Corporation; his death removes a long‑standing family executive and may affect the Guillemot family’s governance role at Ubisoft.