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| Date: | Wednesday 14 August 2024 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Dassault Rafale |
| Owner/operator: | French Air Force/Rafale Transformation Squadron (ETR) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Autreville and Colombey-les-Belles -
 France
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
2 Rafale collided on their return from a refuelling mission in Germany.
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 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) are currently being sought by the emergency services. They are a student pilot and his instructor.
All three are French nationals.
Sources:
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
Location
Media:
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…
Accident d’aéronefs dans le secteur de Colombey : le centre opérationnel départemental est activé en appui des forces armées pour cordonner les recherches.
— Préfet de Meurthe-et-Moselle (@Prefet54) August 14, 2024
Évitez le secteur et respectez les consignes des autorités pic.twitter.com/mtWzCqOPDR
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