LE CASTELLET, France, July 13 (UPI) -- A business jet crashed Friday afternoon in a landing at an airport in southern France, killing the three crew members on board, officials said.
The Gulfstream GIV was on a repositioning flight from Nice, about 100 miles away, to Le Castellet near Toulon, AINonline reported. It was carrying no passengers, witnesses said.
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The victims' names were not released. Officials said all were U.S. pilots and included two men, aged 61 and 24, and a woman, 30.
Witnesses told local news media the plane broke up with one section catching fire and the other plunging into a lake near the runway.
