Air force plane crashes in France, one person dead, ministry says
An official investigation is under way as rescue teams search the crash site and recover the second crew member after the jet went down in bad weather.
- A French military aircraft crashed late on Tuesday near Rogeville, roughly 20 kilometers northwest of Nancy, after witnesses reported a loud explosion and fireball, prompting an overnight search operation.
- The missing jet was identified as a Mirage from the Nancy-Ochey Air Base, home to the French Air and Space Force's 3rd Fighter Wing and Fighter Squadron 2/3 Champagne.
- Emergency responders deployed after a drone spotted debris at the Meurthe-et-Moselle crash site; Le Parisien reported at least one fatality, though military authorities have not officially confirmed casualties.
- Colonel David Pappalardo told Franceinfo that "it appears that at least one of the crew members was unable to eject," with officials scheduling a press update for Wednesday morning.
- France's Directorate General for Armament delivered the 50th and final upgraded Mirage in June 2026, though this crash follows a 2019 Mirage 2000D crash near Mignovillard in the Jura and a 2024 Rafale collision near Colombey-les-Belles in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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A Mirage 2000D fighter aircraft of the French Air Force crashed in northeastern France during a training flight. According to the military authorities, at least one crew member would have lost his life, while the intervention teams started the search operations to find the second person on board. Article A plane crashed during a training flight. At least one crew member would have died first appeared on Romania TV.
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The pilot died in the crash of a Mirage fighter aircraft in eastern France. The second crew member is being searched for.
The crash site is about 100 kilometers from Saarland. The plane was on a training flight; what is known about the crew and the accident.
In France, a fighter jet crashed during an exercise. Training ended fatally for at least one of the inmates.
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