Two Rafale fighter jets collide mid-air in France
Search for crew is underway, an air force spokesman says.
A demonstration of the French multirole fighter aircraft Dassault Rafale during the International Paris Air Show at the Paris-Le Bourget Airport, France. / Photo: Reuters / Reuters
Two Rafale fighter jets have collided in mid-air before crashing to the ground in northeastern France, civil and military authorities said.
A search for one of the crews was under way.
The two jets were from the Saint-Dizier air base, an air force spokesman in Paris said on Wednesday.
One of the pilots ejected himself, he said.
But an instructor and a student pilot from the second aircraft were still missing.
"We are still looking for the second crew," the spokesman said.
The accident occurred in Colombey-les-Belles, a town in northeastern France, according to the prefecture.