A skydiving plane crash in Tomblaine, northeastern France, killed 11 people, according to the report published on 29 June 2026.

The aircraft belonged to a parachuting school and went down near the local airport. Authorities reported no survivors among those on board.

Who was on the aircraft?

The victims included the pilot and 10 people connected to the parachuting school’s jump operation. They were identified by role as:

  • One pilot
  • Five student parachutists
  • Five instructors

That detail matters because this was not a routine passenger flight. It was a training and jump-related flight operated through a parachuting school, the kind of setup where instructors and students are often in the same aircraft before a planned jump.

Families witnessed the crash

Some relatives of the victims were near the airport at the time and saw the crash happen. That makes an already severe aviation accident even more brutal for those families, with no need for dramatic wording to make the point.

The initial report did not include the cause of the crash.