A Flight instructor and three students They died on Sunday in a minor aircraft accident in the French PyreneesFor reasons still unknown, authorities announced on Monday.
The deceased are three men and one woman between the ages of 18 and 25stated Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot, indicating that they were an instructor and three students from the National Aviation School.
The accident occurred as the single-engine plane they were flying was en route to Saint-Girons airfield in southern France.
The Saint-Girons flying club alerted the authorities, who sent two helicopters as well as firefighters and gendarmes to the search operation.
The fuselage of the small plane and the bodies of the four deceased were found on Sunday night at an altitude of 1,200 meters in this mountain range that separates France and Spain, according to sources familiar with the case.
The public prosecutor’s office opened an investigation to clarify the circumstances of the accident.
With agency information
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