Eleven people ⁠were killed in a plane crash in northeastern France on Sunday after a skydiving aircraft crashed in the ⁠town ​of Tomblaine, in Nancy.

All ‌10 passenger and the pilot died in the accident on the parachutist school plane, which crashed just after 11am.

Local media reported that several independent nurses skydiving for the first time were among the victims.

Thierry Pechey, a president at the Order of Independent Nurses, is on site and told BFMTV that the victims were “half nurses and half instructors.”

French interior minister Laurent Nuñez is on his ‌way to ​the scene, the ‌interior ⁠ministry said.

Police have urged people to avoid the area around the airport in the Meurthe-et-Moselle region, while emergency services are at the scene.

Meurthe-et-Moselle national police posted on social media requesting people to “avoid the Salvador Allende Street area entirely.”

It added: “To keep access clear for emergency services and law enforcement, do not go to the scene. Thank you for facilitating their intervention.”

A map of Tomblaine, France:

The Meurthe-et-Moselle prefecture confirmed the crash involved a civilian aircraft which departed from the Nancy-Essey aerodrome.

It said: “An incident is currently underway in the municipality of Tomblaine involving a civil aircraft that took off from Nancy-Essey aerodrome.

“Yves SÉGUY, prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle, has decided to activate the departmental operational centre (COD) in the presence of all operational services in order to ensure real-time monitoring of the event. The prefect is on site.”

Local media has reported power cuts to some homes near the crash site.

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