Isère: five dead in crash of a passenger plane

The victims are a family who was baptism of the air and the driver of the aircraft who had taken off from the Versoud aerodrome, about fifteen kilometers northeast of Grenoble.

Le Monde with AFP

The four members of the same family and the pilot of a passenger plane was killed in the crash of their aircraft, Saturday May 21 at the end of the afternoon, near Adrets in the Belledonne massif, In Isère.

The drama took place at 4:50 p.m. at a place called Les Fournelles shortly after takeoff of the plane, with on board “a family that made a baptism of the air”, from the Versoud aerodrome , about fifteen kilometers north-east of Grenoble, said firefighters, confirming information from France Bleu Isère . The wreck of the small passenger plane, whose tour was to last half an hour, was found “completely charred” like the bodies of its occupants, “four adults and a child”, who have not yet been identified, added the firefighters, alerted by witnesses to the accident.

“An important SDIS 38 device, engaging the Dragon 38 helicopter, supported by the high mountain gendarmerie peloton (PGHM) and the Meylan gendarmerie company, was very quickly deployed on site, to turn off the Fire and be to the rescue of passengers, “said the prefecture of Isère in a statement. About sixty firefighters were deployed in total on the scene. 2>

investigation to determine the causes of the accident

The Grenoble prosecution entrusted the survey to the Isère gendarmerie group, the Air Transport Gendarmerie (BGTA) and the Paris Air Transport (SRGTA) Research (SRGTA) To determine the causes of this accident, added the prefecture.

“We are going to keep the site, this is our first objective to allow the Air Transport Research Section to do its job tomorrow [Sunday]”, told the France-Presse the lieutenant- Colonel Fabrice Gaudelet, assistant officer commanding the Isère gendarmerie group. Forty gendarmes were in total engaged in the rescue operation.

/Media reports.