On 16 August 2025, two men, a Swiss and a German national in their seventies, died in a double crash involving a tow plane and a glider shortly after takeoff from Barcelonnette airfield in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
The accident occurred in Saint-Pons, in the Ubaye valley, when the tow plane crashed at the end of the runway and the glider fell shortly after, about 100 metres away. A brief vegetation fire followed but was quickly contained.
The exact cause remains unknown, and an investigation has been launched by specialised gendarmerie units.
This post was published on 17 August 2025 17:52
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