Posted on 03/25/2025 3:40:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
An incident involving two jets belonging to the French Air Force's aerobatic display team took place during training in Eastern France. Reports say three people ejected and are receiving medical care.
Video footage posted on X/Twitter shows two aircraft in the Patrouille de France formation colliding and breaking apart in flight near Saint-Dizier.
A French Air & Space Force spokesperson source told France24 that two pilots and a passenger were able to eject and were found conscious. They are now receiving appropriate medical care. One of the aircraft collided with a silo at a nearby industrial facility causing a fire to break out. The second aircraft reportedly landed in a canal. No casualties on the ground have been reported.
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Prayers for all involved.
“two aircraft in the Patrouille de France formation colliding and breaking apart in flight”
That’s not good at all. I hope they were very lucky.
Hope everyone involved is ok. If it were American planes, the lead would have been “Two American Jets Crash”.
OK, now that's a bad day. Wonder what the passenger was thinking...
I hope everyone is well also.
But what are these guys gonna do against the Russians and Chinese.
That assumes they actually get into combat before they surrender.
“One of the aircraft collided with a silo”
I think the collision with the silo was after everyone was out of the plane.
Well, I can always say I visited with the Pope. ;-)
Thank goodness they’re alive. Flying is inherently dangerous.
E TICKET RIDE!!!!
“Flying is inherently dangerous?”
No, it is not. “But, like the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of careless or reckless actions.”
(Paraphrase of ANON)
This Bat, yours truly, has logged 22,600 hours of flight from 1961 to 2008.
I agree. Nothing on the ground gets better in the air. 44 years in acft maintenance. Pilot
AlphaJets have to be decades old at least.
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