PARIS, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people, including four members of the same family, were killed in a tourist plane crash in the French Alps on Saturday, rescue services said.
The accident happened in the afternoon shortly after take-off from the Versoud airfield near Grenoble in southeast France, for what should have been a half-hour flight.
Five bodies, including a child, were discovered at the site of the crash.
According to BFMTV, eyewitnesses to the crash tipped off local authorities, and around 60 firefighters were deployed to the site to put out the fire.
The plane, which belonged to an aero club, was conducting its first flight. It took off from Versoud airdrome near the city of Grenoble, BFMTV reported.
Grenoble prosecutors have ordered an investigation into what happened, said regional officials. — NNN-AGENCIES
