2024-08-15 09:00:08
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Tragedy Strikes in France as Two Military Jets Clash
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World - South China Morning Post
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Two French Rafale fighter jets collided in mid-air over Colombey-les-Belles in northeastern France, killing pilots Captain Sebastien Mabire and Lieutenant Matthis Laurens. One pilot was found safe, while a search was launched for the missing instructor and student. President Emmanuel Macron and Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu expressed sadness over the accident and pledged to investigate the cause.
The Guardian
Two fighter jet pilots die in France after mid-air crash
Politics
Two French pilots, Capt Sebastien Mabire and Lt Matthis Laurens, died in a mid-air collision of Rafale jets over Colombey-les-Belles in eastern France. The crash was marked by a strange, percussive noise, unlike a typical Rafale sonic boom. This was the second known crash of a Rafale jet, after one in 2007, and the third in 2009 when two Rafales went down off the coast of Perpignan near the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. France has ordered 42 new Rafale jets, with the first to be delivered..
t-online
France: Accident with two military jets - one pilot missing
Politics
Accident with two Rafale fighter jets from the Saint-Dizier air force base in eastern France; one pilot rescued, student pilot and instructor missing; search by air force and rescue teams in the Colombey-les-Belles region near Nancy; Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu confirms the rescue of one pilot; the prefecture of Meurthe-et-Moselle does not provide any information on the cause of the accident.
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