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Ex-French Army General & Couple Die in Horror Plane Crash Minutes After Takeoff

  • Three people died in a plane crash in a French neighborhood shortly after taking off, confirmed by public prosecutor Frederic Chevallier.
  • The pilot, a 77-year-old former army general, lost control of the Cessna 172, causing it to crash into a garden wall.
  • An investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing as the aircraft reportedly made a sharp turn before descending rapidly.
  • Chevallier praised the pilot for avoiding civilian casualties on the ground, with the only damage being to a parked car.
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The pilot, a former army general, was said to have narrowly avoided the houses, according to the prosecutor of the Republic of Chartres.

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One pilot and two six-year-old passengers lost their lives in this accident, which could have been even more serious given the aircraft's crash area.

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Three people were killed in the accident of a tourist plane on Friday, 27 June, in Champhol (Eure-et-Loir). According to the report of the public prosecutor, the pilot would have avoided a disaster by crashing...

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Three people died in the crash of a tourist plane on Friday afternoon in the commune of Champhol (Eure-et-Loir), north of Chartres. - Three died in the crash of a tourist plane in Eure-et-Loir (Police, justice and other facts).

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Le Parisien broke the news in Paris, France on Friday, June 27, 2025.
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