PARIS (AP) — A founder of global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of Assassin’s Creed, was killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities…
Forensic technicians examine the wreckage of the Cessna 421 piloted by Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot, who was killed when the aircraft crashed while approaching La Baule-Escoublac airfield Friday evening, in La Baule, western France, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeremia Gonzalez)
Forensic technicians examine the wreckage of the Cessna 421 piloted by Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot, who was killed when the aircraft crashed while approaching La Baule-Escoublac airfield Friday evening in La Baule, western France, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeremia Gonzalez)
Forensic technicians examine the wreckage of the Cessna 421 piloted by Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot, who was killed when the aircraft crashed while approaching La Baule-Escoublac airfield Friday evening, in La Baule, western France, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeremia Gonzalez)
Forensic technicians examine the wreckage of the Cessna 421 piloted by Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot, who was killed when the aircraft crashed while approaching La Baule-Escoublac airfield Friday evening in La Baule, western France, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeremia Gonzalez)
The business jet barreled cockeyed down the dark highway, knocking down one light pole after another, an orange glow of sparks trailing it.
The man who died when a small jet crashed on a Texas highway was an entrepreneur well-known in the state for being at the center of Austin’s t…
Investigators are on the scene where business jet crashed on a Texas highway, killing one person on board. Local officials in Laredo said Wednesday the toll in the fiery crash could have been much worse and credited bystanders for helping police rescue passengers and crew. A business partner confirmed in a social media post that the person who died was Joshua Baer, a leader in Texas’ technology and startup sectors. The plane went down with six people on board late Tuesday near the Mexican border after its crew radioed the local airport seeking to make an emergency landing. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
Joshua Baer, the founder and CEO of Capital Factory, poses for a photo at the Force Con event, May 29, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas. (Billy Calzada/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)
People attempt to pull passengers out of a plane after it crashed on a highway Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Laredo, Texas. (Zayra Garza via AP)