# Skydiving Pilatus PC-6 crashes at Nancy-Essey on takeoff, killing all 11 aboard
> France's deadliest skydiving air accident in three decades: the single-engine Porter banked left and fell 300 metres from the runway, killing the pilot, five parachuting instructors, and five trainee jumpers, a group of nurses on a day-trip from a Lorraine hospital

**Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-06-28 · heads: ما الذي تعطّل · 4 takes · 3 lenses · 3 regions

## Summary

A Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter (registration D-FIPS) crashed at [France](/ar/entity/france)'s Nancy-Essey aerodrome in Tomblaine, Meurthe-et-Moselle, on Sunday morning, killing all 11 people aboard. The plane banked hard left within seconds of takeoff and fell onto a cycle path in a residential area, roughly 300 metres from the runway. The pilot, five parachuting instructors, and five novice jumpers died. The trainees were a group of nurses from a Lorraine hospital; families on the ground watched the aircraft fall. Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot called it France's deadliest skydiving air accident in around 30 years. France's BEA (civil aviation accident investigation authority) opened an inquiry.

## Why it matters

The accident highlights the risk profile of single-engine turboprop operators running tandem-jump operations for novice skydivers, where a failure immediately after takeoff leaves no recovery window. France grounds its skydiving season at three clubs pending the BEA review.

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

### international news brief; factual account drawn from local French officials
- **Al Jazeera** (Qatar, en) — First international bulletin after Meurthe-et-Moselle prefecture confirmed all 11 dead. Notes the plane, a Pilatus PC-6, crashed about 300 metres from the runway on a bike path in a residential area shortly after takeoff.
  > "At least 11 people were killed after a small plane carrying skydivers crashed shortly after takeoff near the city of Nancy in northeastern France."
  Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/28/at-least-11-dead-in-civilian-plane-crash-in-eastern-france-authorities

### identifies the five trainees as nursing students, humanising the passenger group
- **CBS News** (United States, en) — Identifies the five trainee parachutists as nurses from a hospital in Lorraine, adding that families witnessed the aircraft fall. Transport Minister Tabarot calls it France's worst skydiving crash in about 30 years.
  > "Five nurses are among 11 killed when the skydiving plane crashed in France; families witnessed the aircraft falling."
  Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/skydiving-plane-crash-france-nursing-students/

### unlabelled
- **NBC News** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/eleven-people-killed-plane-crash-northeastern-france-local-officials-s-rcna352097
- **Simple Flying** (International, en) — 
  Source: https://simpleflying.com/pilatus-pc-6-skydiving-plane-crash-france/

## Across the graph
- Entities: France

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