Authorities said two aircraft of the French Air Force acrobatic team apparently collided near an air base in northeastern France.
French Air and Space Force told AFP that it is believed that the Alpha jets collided near the air base west of San Dizier in northeastern France.
According to the military, three people — two pilots and one passenger — were ejected and “discovered.”
A source told AFP that a person was hurt multiple times.
An airplane hit a silo and fired.
No civilian casualties.
“Emergency services have been mobilized,” Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on X.
France has been using light Alpha twin-engine aircraft to train Ukrainian pilots after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In August 2024, two French pilots died after a collision in an airplane in eastern France.
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