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Paris, June 28 (EFE).- Eleven people were killed on Sunday when a small aircraft carrying a group of skydivers crashed near the eastern French city of Nancy, authorities said.
The prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Yves Seguy, told reporters that there were «at this moment» 11 confirmed fatalities and that the crash caused no casualties or damage on the ground.
According to the regional newspaper L’Est Républicain, the victims were the pilot, five skydiving instructors and five students.
The newspaper reported that the aircraft was a German-registered Pilatus, a model commonly used for parachute operations. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
In a statement posted on social media, the Meurthe-et-Moselle prefecture said the accident involved «a civil aircraft that had taken off from Nancy-Essey aerodrome.»
The aircraft crashed at around 11:00 a.m. local time (0900 GMT) near a supermarket in Tomblaine, on a road bordering a commercial area. EFE
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