The plane may have hit a high voltage line before crashing on the A4 highway at around 3:45pm. Sunday local time near the French town of Collegien, about 30 km from Paris, BFMTV news channel reported.

Traffic has been suspended near the accident site on the highway linking Paris and Strasbourg, the news channel said, Xinhua news agency reported.

According to local media, France's Civil Aviation Safety Bureau of Inquiry and Analysis as well as the Air Transport Gendarmerie will investigate the accident.