PARIS, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Four people from France's National School of Civil Aviation (ENAC), including an instructor and three students, died on Sunday after a light aircraft crashed in the Pyrenees, Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said in a press release on Monday.
The single-engine plane, usually used in flying clubs, was found on Sunday evening at an altitude of 1,200 meters in Ariege department, southwestern France, local media reported. The bodies of the four occupants were found with the wreckage.
The public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation to determine the cause of the accident. ■