Plane crash in northeastern France kills 11 including pilot, rescue operations underway

Eleven people were killed in a plane crash in the town of Tomblaine in northeastern France on Sunday, the local prefecture said.

The plane belonged to a parachutist school. The pilot and all 10 passengers - five students and five instructors - died in the accident, the prefecture said.

The French interior minister was on his way to the scene, the interior ministry said.