In the morning, another tourist plane had crashed in the Belledonne massif, in Isère, killing three people, including two high school students.
Four people died in the crash of a tourist plane that occurred on Saturday afternoon in the town of Gujan-Mestras (Gironde), south of the Arcachon basin.
The accident killed four people, a father, his two 9-year-old children and the pilot of the aircraft, indicates the sub-prefect of Arcachon, Houda Verhnet.
Fire
The aircraft, a Robin DR 400-type tourist aircraft widely used in flying clubs, had taken off from Villemarie aerodrome, in La Teste-de-Buch.
It crashed nearby, around 2:30 p.m., before catching fire, reports Lieutenant-Colonel Laurent Pham, spokesperson for the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis) of the Gironde.
Firefighters were forced to intervene to bring the blaze under control, which spread to a wooded area, burning 3,500 m2 of pine trees.
