The accident happened at midday over the Maddalena Pass, on the French southern Alpine border with Italy, local media reported. A pilot and passenger in one of the planes were declared dead in a statement from the local government office in the village of Digne-les-Bains. "The pilot of the first plane is slightly injured.”"The two people in the second plane died. Both planes, which were registered in England, had taken off from the nearby French Saint-Pons aerodrome. The famous Maddelena Pass road between France and Italy has been closed to traffic by caribinieri as search and rescue operations continue.

Source: The Local July 24, 2019 14:01 UTC