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A single-engine Pilatus PC-6 carrying 10 skydivers and a pilot crashed shortly after takeoff from Nancy-Essey Airport in northeastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people aboard.
French authorities identified the victims as five parachuting instructors, five novice tandem-jump participants, and the aircraft's pilot.
The Meurthe-et-Moselle Prefecture activated its departmental operational command center in response.
Aircraft Malfunction and Impact Prefect Yves Séguy told reporters the aircraft suffered a malfunction and descended nearly vertically before striking ground about 300 yards from the runway, close to residential homes.
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