Savoy. A plane crashes in Méribel, two people die

It is a tragedy that affects Méribel in Savoie. On Tuesday January 21, 2025, in the afternoon, a tourist plane crashed into a chalet in the resort.

On board the flying machine, two men, aged 26 and 58. Both lost their lives in this tragic accident.

A collision with paragliders

The accident could have originated from a collision with tandem paragliders. “The people who were in the two-seater paraglider were unhurt,” notified the Savoie prefecture.

“Firefighters from the Savoie departmental fire and rescue service, the Samu, the National Gendarmerie and its helicopter were mobilized to treat the victims and secure the accident site. A medico-psychological emergency unit has been set up to take care of people who witnessed the accident as well as the victims' relatives,” the institution said, while indicating that “the precise circumstances of the The accident is unknown at this time.

According to our colleagues from Dauphiné Libéré, the plane would be a machine more than known in Savoy. In fact, it would be a Piper PA-18known to have landed on the summit of Mont Blanc in 1960.

Emergency services quickly intervened at the crash site, avoiding a potential fire linked to the leaking kerosene. Around fifty firefighters intervened.

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