Overview
- The single‑engine aircraft took off from the Saint‑Girons aeroclub before contact was lost on Sunday.
- The Lyon Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Center dispatched helicopters as the Ariège prefecture mobilized firefighters and gendarmes for ground search.
- A gendarmerie helicopter sighted the crash site on Sunday night in a hard‑to‑reach mountain area.
- Specialist mountain gendarmes flown to the site confirmed the deaths of all four people on board.
- Local reports indicate the occupants may have included the pilot and three customers from a club experience, a detail not yet officially confirmed.