Overview
- A twin-engine Cessna 421 registered to Claude Guillemot crashed near La Baule aerodrome on June 19, 2026, killing Guillemot and a second occupant.
- Local officials and witnesses said the aircraft turned while on approach to land, struck a field and burst into flames, prompting a large firefighter and ambulance response.
- Ubisoft confirmed Guillemot’s death in a brief statement offering condolences and said it would make no further comment at this time.
- The Saint-Nazaire prosecutor’s office opened an inquiry for the crash and French civil aviation authorities are expected to conduct the technical investigation into its cause.
- Claude Guillemot co-founded Ubisoft in 1986, chaired the family’s Guillemot Corporation and helped keep the Guillemot family’s ownership role in the company, with no immediate changes to corporate control reported.