The local government, the prefecture of Meurthe-et-Moselle in France, has issued a first statement on social media, announcing it has activated the 'COD' procedure.
The translated message, which confirmed a plane crash, read: "An incident is currently underway in the municipality of Tomblaine involving a civil aircraft that took off from Nancy-Essey aerodrome.
"Yves Seguy, prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle, has decided to activate the departmental operational center (COD) in the presence of all operational services in order to ensure real-time monitoring of the event. The prefect is on site."
