A 33-year-old ULM instructor and his 66-year-old student died Friday, July 30 in the crash of their aircraft at the Sabot aerodrome, in Comberjon (Haute-Saône), AFP learned from Prefecture.
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There is no witness to the circumstances of the air crash, but the instructor and his student are dead,
" Michel Robquin, secretary general of the Haute-Saône prefecture, told AFP.
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A security perimeter has been established, risks of explosion remain,
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Agents of the Basel-Mulhouse air transport gendarmerie brigade were expected at the scene.
About twenty firefighters were mobilized.
According to an AFP correspondent on the spot, the device was discovered with its nose planted in the ground, in the grass, away from the runway.
Aircraft traffic was interrupted.