aviation accidents

Skydiving plane crash in France kills all 11 on board

A civilian aircraft belonging to a parachuting school crashed near the town of Tomblaine in northeastern France on Sunday morning, killing all 11 people on board. The crash, which occurred around 11 a.m. local time, has been confirmed as fatal…

Saudi Aramco helicopter crash kills all 14 onboard

A helicopter belonging to Saudi Aramco crashed on Sunday at approximately 6:00 a.m. local time in Ras Tanura on Saudi Arabia's eastern coast, killing all 14 people on board, the Saudi Press Agency reported citing a Ministry of Energy official.

Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash at 69

Claude Guillemot, one of the five brothers who co-founded video game giant Ubisoft in 1986, was killed on Friday when his twin-engine Cessna 421 crashed into a wheat field near the La Baule-Escoublac aerodrome in western France. He was 69.

Oliver Tree, 32, killed in Rio helicopter collision

American singer-songwriter Oliver Tree was among six people killed Sunday morning when two helicopters collided mid-air over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to CNN Brazil and local authorities cited by multiple outlets. He was 32 years old.