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Nancy-Essey skydiving crash

Fatal skydiving aircraft crash near Nancy, France.

Investigation
last updated 13 July 2026 · 3 sources
Confirmed facts
12
Open questions
5
Fatalities
11
Crash date
28 Jun 2026
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Case file Nancy-Essey skydiving crash, reference D C zero zero one eight. The Associated Press reported that on twenty-eight June twenty twenty-six, a skydiving plane crashed in Tomblaine, in northeastern France, and authorities said all eleven people on board were killed. The Associated Press reported that Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the dead included five parachuting instructors, five novice jumpers, and the pilot. AP also reported that Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said it was France’s biggest aviation accident involving skydiving in about thirty years. According to AP, Nunez said the plane had just taken off from Nancy-Essey airfield, on the outskirts of Nancy, when it came down about three hundred meters from the runway. AP reported that Nunez declined to speculate on the cause and said the plane dropped suddenly. The file’s open questions include what caused the crash, what specific malfunction local authorities described, what the technical investigation will determine, whether all victims have been formally identified in the reviewed sources, and whether investigators will release final findings. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero zero one eight at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed12 entries
28 June 2026
A skydiving plane crashed in Tomblaine in northeastern France, and authorities said all 11 people on board were killed.
AP
28 June 2026
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the dead included five parachuting instructors, five novice jumpers and the pilot.
AP
28 June 2026
Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said it was France’s biggest aviation accident involving skydiving in about 30 years.
AP
28 June 2026
Nunez said the plane had just taken off from Nancy-Essey airfield on the outskirts of Nancy when it came down about 300 meters from the runway.
AP
28 June 2026
Nunez declined to speculate on the cause and said the plane dropped suddenly.
AP
28 June 2026
Yves Séguy, prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle region, said the plane suffered a malfunction and fell almost vertically, narrowly missing a built-up area.
AP
28 June 2026
Flight tracking service Flightradar24 said the plane banked left after takeoff and crashed less than a minute later near houses.
AP citing Flightradar24
28 June 2026
Flight tracking sites identified the aircraft as a single-engine Pilatus PC-6 used to carry freight, passengers and skydivers.
AP
28 June 2026
CBS News reported, in an AP story, that the aircraft was registered in Germany and crashed in a grassy area near the runway of the Nancy-Essey aerodrome.
CBS News/AP
28 June 2026
CBS News reported, in an AP story, that the five students were nurses, according to a source close to the case and Thierry Pechey, head of Meurthe-et-Moselle's nursing council.
CBS News/AP
28 June 2026
Nancy Mayor Mathieu Klein told France Info that the parachutists were to have jumped as tandems.
AP citing France Info
28 June 2026
Emergency services responded immediately, officials said psychological support was being provided to victims’ relatives, and Nunez said the Paris prosecutor’s office was leading the crash probe.
AP
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
What caused the aircraft to crash after takeoff?unconfirmed; AP reported that Nunez declined to speculate and CBS News/AP reported that the cause was not immediately clear · unconfirmed
What specific malfunction was reported by local authorities?unconfirmed; AP reported Séguy described a malfunction but did not provide a confirmed technical finding · unconfirmed
What will the technical investigation determine about the aircraft, operations and flight conditions?unconfirmed; CBS News/AP reported that a technical investigation had been opened · unconfirmed
Were all victims formally identified by authorities in the trusted sources reviewed?unconfirmed; trusted sources reviewed described groups of victims but did not provide a complete official victim list · unconfirmed
Will investigators release additional findings or a final report?unconfirmed; no final investigative findings were reported in the trusted sources reviewed · unconfirmed
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