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According to media reports, the five occupants were killed in a collision between two small aircraft in France. The collision between the single-engine private plane and the microlight occurred on Saturday afternoon over the municipality of Loches near Tour, about 250 kilometers southwest of Paris.
According to the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire, four people were recovered dead from the rubble on Sunday morning. A fifth was only recovered on Sunday, the AFP news agency reported, citing the prosecutor in Tour. No one was injured on the ground.
Panoramic flight over four castles of the Loire
The cause of the accident was initially unclear. The Robin DR 400 private jet took off from Poitiers in the afternoon with a pilot and two passengers on board and was supposed to return there after a scenic flight over four Loire castles. The 75-year-old has been described as very experienced.
The passengers were 28 and 30 years old. The ultralight with the 66-year-old pilot and a 50-year-old woman on board took off from Châtellerault (Vienne). He fell over the fence of an empty house at the time of the accident two kilometers from the center of Loches. The low-wing French-designed plane crashed into a tree on impassable terrain. (SDA)
