Tourist family of four and pilot killed as small plane crashes in the French Alps on it ‘first ever flight’

A FAMILY of four and a pilot have been killed in a tragic accident after their small plane crashed in the French Alps.

The tourist plane was reportedly on its first flight, after taking off from the Versoud airfield near Grenoble in southeast France.

It is understood the plane crashed near the town of Isere on Saturday in the Isère region, reports have suggested.

The accident happened in the afternoon shortly after take-off from the Versoud airfield near Grenoble in southeast France, for what should have been a half-hour flight.

Eye-witnesses to the crash tipped off the emergency services, who found the bodies of four adults and a child inside the plane’s burnt-out wreckage.

Around 60 firefighters were deployed to the site to put out the fire.

Grenoble prosecutors have ordered an investigation into what happened, said regional officials.