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The Telegraph
The Telegraph
16 Aug 2024
Iona Cleave


Plane crashes into sea during French air show

A plane has crashed into the sea during an air show in southern France as hundreds of people watched from a beach.

Local reports said the private collector’s plane was being flown as a part of the Lavandou Air Show.

The incident happened off the coast of Le Lavandou, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of south-eastern France.

Footage showed the classic plane falling quickly in an arc into the sea, narrowly missing boats in the harbour, shortly before 5pm local time.

A major search operation is currently under way to locate the pilot of the aircraft, which was used by the French Air Force from 1964 to 1980.

The crash happened just before the Patrouille de France, the precision aerobatics unit of the French Air Force, was due to perform for the 80th anniversary of the Provence Landings.