Five people have died after a tourist plane and a microlight aircraft collided mid-air in western France on Saturday afternoon. The small microlight aircraft was carrying two people and collided with a DA40 tourist plane, which was carrying three people onboard. The collision occurred at around 4:30pm local time in Loches, Indre-et-Loire department, local government official Nadia Seghier said. The tourist plane had taken off from Poitiers, situated around 100km from Loches, according to the Mirror. Police in Loches have taken over the investigation into the crash.

Source: Daily Mail October 10, 2020 18:26 UTC