Two fighter jets collided in the sky over France
Two Alpha Jet aircraft from the French aerobatic team Patrouille de France collided and crashed during a training flight in eastern France, according to Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu.
The pilots ejected safely. One of the jets crashed on the grounds of a concrete manufacturing plant; no injuries were reported.
Local media report that the Alpha Jet pilots are on a four-day mission at Air Base 113 in Saint-Dizier.
ℹ️ Previously, on August 14, 2024, two Rafale fighter jets from Air Base 113 in Saint-Dizier collided in mid-air. The pilot of the first aircraft managed to eject before the collision. Captain Sébastien Mabire and Lieutenant Mathis Lorens, who were aboard the second aircraft, died.
📹📱 /ludovicbarbier5
Me when I tell my pilots to manually fly in formation instead of installing UWB centimeter precision distance sensors and writing some code to slave the wingmen to the leader and letting the autopilots maintain formation and separation:
