Grenoble crash 05 Jan

[fantom]

BBC reports five dead 'near' Grenoble. No further details yet.

[1stspotter]

Accident: Cinq morts dans un crash à Grenoble - Monde: Faits divers - lematin.ch (http://www.lematin.ch/monde/faits-divers/Cinq-morts-dans-un-crash-a-Grenoble/story/27205886?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed)

There were five passengers. Five victims are to be deplored, "announced the French gendarmerie.

For an unknown reason the time, the twin-engine crashed into the town of Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux, close to the airport, a few minutes after takeoff.

The aircraft was heading to Morocco, where he was registered, with a stopover in Spain, it was learned from sources close to the investigation. The alert was given by a resident of Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux who saw the plane crashing against a hill.

Relief then dispatched to the scene discovered a burning aircraft and five lifeless body. The identity of the passengers was not communicated in the first instance, no more than their nationality

[sitigeltfel]

La Provence (http://www.laprovence.com/article/france/crash-dun-avion-a-grenoble-un-couple-de-marocains-et-leurs-trois-enfants-tues) reporting that the five casualties were two parents and their three children. :sad:

[Doodlebug]

The paper has the aircraft type down as a CASA C-295, one would think a military-transport type turboprop an unusual aircraft type for a family?

[wiggy]

Err, I think the C-295 is being mentioned in the context of an accident in the area last year.

[RetiredF4]

The paper has the aircraft type down as a CASA C-295, one would think a military-transport type turboprop an unusual aircraft type for a family?

That was the crash in November in Lozere. Nothing in the article, that it was the same aircraft type here.

[sitigeltfel]

One blog is suggesting the aircraft is a Piper Seneca.

[Doodlebug]

That sounds more plausible. Poor buggers.