Woman & two men dead after tourist plane plunges to ground and smashes into Paris motorway

THREE people are dead following a light aircraft crash on a motorway near Paris this afternoon.

The plane is reported to have come down on the A4 in Nosiel, east of the capital, at around 4pm today after hitting an electric power cable.

The motorway has been closed in both directions. No vehicles were struck in the incident, it’s understood.

Pictures from the scene show officials in hi-vis jackets, with the plane straddling the central reservation.

Meaux prosecutor Jean-Baptiste Bladier said the victims were “two men and a woman”, adding the pilot “was born in 1989”.

The Bureau of Investigation and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) has also opened an “administrative investigation”.

“A tourist plane from Lognes-Emerainville (aéroflight flying club) has crashed for the second time in a year on the A4 near Collégien,” the Association of residents of the Lognes aerodrome said in a statement.