Eleven people killed in plane crash in northeastern France, local officials say


PARIS, ⁠June 28 (Reuters) - 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 French interior minister was ⁠on his way to the scene, the interior ministry ​said.

(Reporting ⁠by Makini Brice ​and Bertrand ‌Boucey; Editing by ​Andrew Heavens and Ros Russell)

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