Official: 3 Americans die as private jet crashes in France

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• NEW: Three Americans died when the plane crashed, a local official says


• The private jet crashed at the end of a runway at Castellet airport


• The small airport is in the south of France, near Toulon

Paris (CNN) -- Three Americans died when a private jet crashed at a small airport in the south of France, a local official said Friday.

Two men, aged 24 and 51, and a 30-year-old woman were on board the plane when it crashed at Castellet airport, said Didier Couve, spokesman for the Prefecture of the Var department.

The three were the only people on the plane, Couve said.

A spokeswoman for the airport said emergency services are on site.

The plane crashed at the end of the runway, she said.

The aerodrome is between the cities of Marseille and Toulon, on the Mediterranean coast.

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