Tourist plane crashes in southeast France, five dead: emergency services
The accident in French Alps happened in the afternoon shortly after take-off from the Versoud airfield near Grenoble, for what should have been a half-hour flight. Eye-witnesses to the crash tipped off the emergency services, who found the bodies of four adults and a child inside the plane's burnt-out wreckage.
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- Published Date: 08:49 | 21 May 2022
- Modified Date: 11:10 | 21 May 2022
A small tourist plane crashed into a mountain in southeast France on Saturday, killing 5 people, including four members of the same family, local media reported.
The accident in French Alps happened in the afternoon shortly after take-off from the Versoud airfield near Grenoble, for what should have been a half-hour flight.
Eye-witnesses to the crash tipped off the emergency services, who found the bodies of four adults and a child inside the plane's burnt-out wreckage.
Around 60 firefighters were deployed to the site to put out the fire.
Grenoble prosecutors have ordered an investigation into what happened, said regional officials.
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