Two fighter jet pilots died after their Rafale plane collided with another and crashed in northeastern France, according to the French military. The pilot of the other plane ejected and suffered minor injuries.
Of the french fighter planes They collided and crashed on Wednesday in northeastern France, as reported by the country’s military authorities. One pilot was uninjured and is looking for two other people.
According to the French Air and Space Forcea branch of the French Armed Forcestwo Rafale fighter jets collided while returning from a refueling mission in Germany and crashed near Colombey-les-Belles, a town in the northeast of France.
“We learned with sadness of the death of Captain Sébastien Mabire and Lieutenant Matthis Laurensduring a plane crash during a Rafale training mission,” said the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macronon social networks.
The pilot of one of the planes was uninjured, according to authorities. They are looking for the two people who were on board the second plane, who, according to the French channel ‘BFM’, were an instructor and a trainee.
“The search is still ongoing”
“One of the pilots has been found, he is safe and sound. The search is still ongoing,” the French Minister of Forces wrote on social media. Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu.
“We thank our Armed Forces, as well as the gendarmes mobilized in the search and security of the area. The regional prefecture makes a call to citizens to provide information”, express.
