According to local police, a small passenger plane of the Jodel D140 type crashed near the commune of Les Adrets in the department of Isère around 4.50 pm. The aircraft belonged to a flying club and had just taken off from an airport near the city of Grenoble, about 30 kilometers south-west of Les Adrets.
During the recovery of the plane, five charred bodies were found, according to police. The cause of the accident is not yet known.