| Date: | Wednesday 14 August 2024 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Dassault Rafale B |
| Owner/operator: | French Air Force/Rafale Transformation Squadron (ETR) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Harmonville, Vosges, Grand Est -
 France
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
A Dassault Rafale B and a C collided on their return from a refuelling in Germany.
The wreckage of the Rafale B was found in the commune of Harmonville, Vosges, Grand Est.
Both pilots perished and the aircraft was destroyed.
The aircraft involved are two Rafales from Rafale Transformation Squadron (ETR), based at Saint-Dizier air base, with a total of three occupants on board, divided between a two-seater and a single-seater.
Pilot search operations have been launched.
One of the pilots from the Rafale C has been found and is unharmed.
A pilot who ejected before the crash has been located. The lieutenant-colonel was injured but conscious.
The other occupants (a lieutenant and a captain) a student pilot and his instructor died.
For some unknown reason, the beacon was not activated. The densely wooded area did not make the search any easier. Stormy conditions on the return flight of the two Rafales have not been ruled out as an explanation for the collision.
‘On a hectare of land, there is debris everywhere, in thousands of pieces, sheet metal, plastic, everything’, a 28-year-old farmer, told AFP on the day of the accident. According to other people, the debris actually fell over an even wider area.
All three are French nationals.
https://www.estrepublicain.fr/faits-divers-justice/2024/08/14/un-ou-deux-mirage-victimes-d-un-crash-aerien-dans-le-sud-toulois
https://x.com/SebLecornu/status/1823708097312907673
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/meurthe-et-moselle/nancy/crash-aerien-deux-mirage-de-l-armee-de-l-air-s-ecrasent-en-lorraine-3017987.html
https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2024/08/14/deux-avions-militaires-impliques-dans-un-accident-en-meurthe-et-moselle-les-pilotes-recherches_6280762_3224.html
https://youtu.be/3K2PXQiDhS8
Au nom des Aviatrices et des Aviateurs, j’exprime ma très forte émotion et mes plus sincères condoléances aux familles et aux proches du capitaine Sébastien Mabire et du lieutenant Matthis Laurens, morts en service aérien commandé.
— Chef d'état-major armée de l'Air et de l'Espace (@CEM_AAE) August 14, 2024
Aujourd’hui, vers 12h30, 2 avions #Rafale de l’escadron de transformation Rafale (ETR) de la base aérienne 113 de Saint-Dizier (Haute-Marne) sont entrés en collision au retour d’une mission de ravitaillement en Allemagne.
— Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace (@Armee_de_lair) August 14, 2024
Un accident de deux Rafale de l’Escadron de Transformation Rafale 3/4 « Aquitaine » a eu lieu en Meurthe et Moselle.
— Sébastien Lecornu (@SebLecornu) August 14, 2024
Un des pilotes a été retrouvé, il est sain et sauf. Les recherches sont toujours en cours. Merci à nos forces armées ainsi qu’aux gendarmes mobilisés dans les…
Hommage au capitaine Sébastien Mabire et au lieutenant Matthis Laurens, morts en service aérien commandé.
— LeFanaDelAviationMag (@FanaAviationMag) August 15, 2024
Photo @Armee_de_lair pic.twitter.com/2D5l7vv0xd
La cérémonie en hommage au commandant Sébastien Mabire et au capitaine Matthis Laurens, aura lieu aujourd'hui à 11h30.
— Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace (@Armee_de_lair) August 22, 2024
Bien que tenue en huis clos, la cérémonie sera diffusée en direct sur la chaîne YouTube du ministère des Armées.
?https://t.co/ke7bSHZxZG pic.twitter.com/FH0TLTYh9z
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