Skydiving Aircraft Crashes Near Nancy, All 11 Aboard Killed

A civilian aircraft on a skydiving mission crashed near Tomblaine outside Nancy in eastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people aboard. The aircraft's type and operator have not yet been confirmed. France's civil aviation authority is leading the technical investigation while judicial authorities opened a separate inquiry. Small aircraft operations like skydiving missions carry significantly higher risk per flight hour than commercial airlines.