Eleven people died on Sunday, 28 June, after a skydiving plane plummeted moments after take-off in Tomblaine, eastern France. Authorities have confirmed the victims' roles but have not yet released their identities.
On board were the pilot, five skydiving instructors and five first-time jumpers who, according to Thierry Pechey, president of Meurthe-et-Moselle's nursing council, 'were colleagues who had decided to go on a first skydiving jump, no doubt to unwind, as we're going through a difficult time with the heatwave.'
