Update (1028 EST):.Update (0928 EST):.Update (0834 EST): One pilot has been rescued and hospitalized as the search continues. It is not clear which models were involved and thus if there are two or four total crewmen in this incident..At approximately 0800 EST, initial reports indicated that two French Mirage fighter aircraft reportedly crashed in Colombey-les-Belles near Nancy-Ochey Air Base in Eastern France. L'est Republicain reported that search and rescue aircraft have been scrambled to find the pilots and that civil and military authorities are rushing to the crash site, including gendarmeries and forestry service personnel..Civilians in the area reported this:."Yes, it happened around 13h15, we were at the table, just at the exit of Colombey les belles in the woods where there is a dirt bike course, it's a friend of Lola's who warned us, the pieces fell near him.".It is not currently clear how the aircraft crashed, but it can be inferred a mid-air collision occurred. Currently there are heavy thunderstorms over Eastern France..The last Mirage crash was on November 3rd, 2022..Nancy-Ochey Air Base is a front-line French Air and Space Force base located approximately 11 km west-southwest of Neuves-Maisons in the Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. It is the home of 4 squadrons of Dassault Mirage 2000D multirole fighters (60 aircraft).
Update (1028 EST):.Update (0928 EST):.Update (0834 EST): One pilot has been rescued and hospitalized as the search continues. It is not clear which models were involved and thus if there are two or four total crewmen in this incident..At approximately 0800 EST, initial reports indicated that two French Mirage fighter aircraft reportedly crashed in Colombey-les-Belles near Nancy-Ochey Air Base in Eastern France. L'est Republicain reported that search and rescue aircraft have been scrambled to find the pilots and that civil and military authorities are rushing to the crash site, including gendarmeries and forestry service personnel..Civilians in the area reported this:."Yes, it happened around 13h15, we were at the table, just at the exit of Colombey les belles in the woods where there is a dirt bike course, it's a friend of Lola's who warned us, the pieces fell near him.".It is not currently clear how the aircraft crashed, but it can be inferred a mid-air collision occurred. Currently there are heavy thunderstorms over Eastern France..The last Mirage crash was on November 3rd, 2022..Nancy-Ochey Air Base is a front-line French Air and Space Force base located approximately 11 km west-southwest of Neuves-Maisons in the Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. It is the home of 4 squadrons of Dassault Mirage 2000D multirole fighters (60 aircraft).
