Eleven people were killed in a plane crash in the town of Tomblaine in northeastern France on Sunday, the local prefecture said.
The plane belonged to a parachutist school. The pilot and all 10 passengers – five students and five instructors – died in the accident, the prefecture said.
The incident happened just after 11am.
The French interior minister was on his way to the scene, the interior ministry said.
Police have reportedly urged people to avoid the area around the airport in the Meurthe-et-Moselle region.