Two people died in Seine-et-Marne during the crash of a microlight.
The 33-year-old pilot and his 50-year-old passenger who was on his first flight were killed in the fall of the ultralight aircraft shortly after takeoff on Saturday at Meaux-Esbly aerodrome, a we learned from the gendarmerie.
Shortly before 1 p.m., "in the take-off phase at a height of 50 to 60 meters, the ULM suddenly fell," said the officer of the Meaux gendarmerie company.
Both men died instantly.
A previous problem-free flight
The passenger had been accompanied to the airfield by friends and family.
Shortly before the accident, a member of the group had also made a flight, with the same pilot and the same machine, without any problem, specified this source.
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