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title: "Eleven killed as skydiving plane crashes in eastern France"
description: "A civilian aircraft carrying people on a parachute-jump outing crashed near the town of Tomblaine in eastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 on board, authorities said. The cause is not yet known, and an investigation is under way."
category: "World"
category_url: https://newsparlor.com/category/world
author: "Thomas Berger"
published: 2026-06-28T12:05:00.000Z
updated: 2026-06-28T12:05:00.000Z
canonical: https://newsparlor.com/article/france-tomblaine-skydiving-plane-crash
tags: ["france", "plane-crash", "aviation", "skydiving", "tomblaine"]
---
# Eleven killed as skydiving plane crashes in eastern France

A civilian aircraft carrying people on a parachute-jump outing crashed near the town of Tomblaine in eastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 on board, authorities said. The cause is not yet known, and an investigation is under way.

Eleven people were killed when a civilian aircraft crashed in eastern France on Sunday, according to authorities — one of the deadliest light-aircraft accidents in the country in recent years.

## What is known

The plane went down near Tomblaine, a town in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department close to the city of Nancy, [Al Jazeera reported](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/28/at-least-11-dead-in-civilian-plane-crash-in-eastern-france-authorities), citing officials. All 11 people aboard were killed. The aircraft was reportedly carrying people taking part in a first-time parachute-jump session, [according to Euronews](https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/06/28/france-11-killed-in-civilian-plane-crash-near-nancy), citing the French broadcaster franceinfo. The death toll was given by local authorities and, as is usual immediately after such accidents, should be treated as provisional.

## The response

Emergency services were sent to the site, including medical teams and a large number of firefighters, Euronews reported. Police cordoned off the area around the wreckage and asked the public to stay away. France's interior minister, Laurent Nunez, was traveling to the scene, officials said.

## What is not yet known

The cause of the crash had not been established, and authorities had not released details such as the aircraft's flight path, its condition before takeoff, or the weather at the time. French aviation-safety investigators typically open an inquiry into such accidents to determine what went wrong, a process that can take months. Authorities had also not formally released the identities of those killed.

This is a developing story and will be updated as French authorities confirm further details.