Two military jets collide in midair stunt, crash to ground in fiery explosion

Two subject jets collided midair during a stunt rehearsal successful France connected Tuesday earlier crashing to the crushed and exploding successful a monolithic fireball, melodramatic video shows.

The collision caused 3 pilots and 1 rider to eject and parachute to safety, the French Air and Space Force wrote connected X.

The jets were portion of a seven-aircraft squad flying successful coordination with the Patrouille de France (PAF), a precision aerobatics demonstration portion of the agency, adjacent an aerial basal successful Saint-Dizier successful northeastern France astatine astir 3:40 p.m. section time.

Two Alpha jets collided midair during a grooming workout successful France connected Tuesday earlier crashing to the crushed and exploding successful a monolithic fireball, melodramatic video shows. (CAROLINE THOMASSIN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Video shows the 7 craft turning successful unison portion emitting colored smoke, but astatine slightest 2 of the jets collide with 1 another.

The 2 jets past spiral towards the crushed portion the unit tin beryllium seen instantly ejecting and activating their parachutes. The jets clang to the crushed and ignite successful a fiery plume.

"At BA 113 successful Saint-Dizier, 2 Alphajets from the Patrouille de France collided during a 7-plane grooming flight," the station connected X reads. "The 3 pilots, including 1 passenger, were capable to eject successful clip and are safe. There are nary casualties to study astatine this signifier successful the clang zone."

Alpha jets flying during an aerobatic aerial amusement successful the Greek entity astatine the Athens Flying Week astatine Tanagra Military Airbase adjacent Athens, Greece connected September 22, 2019. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Sébastien Lecornu, France's curate of the Armed Forces, besides confirmed the incidental and wrote connected X that exigency services responded to the scene. 

"Slightly injured, they were taken into care," helium wrote. "Thanks to the exigency services mobilized, thoughts for our pilots of the Patrouille de France."

Quentin Brière, the politician of Saint-Dizier, said that 1 of the jets crashed into a silo and the different successful a marshy wooded country conscionable down it, according to Le Parisien, citing AFP.

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It is unclear what caused the craft to travel together.

The Alpha Jet is simply a airy onslaught and precocious trainer craft developed jointly by Dassault Aviation of France and Dornier of Germany successful the 1970s. The jets travel with 2 seats and are typically utilized for aviator grooming and aerobatic stunts.  

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The PAF was founded successful 1953 and is considered a prestigious aerobatic portion celebrated for its displays during the Bastille Day parades, according to the French quality outlet Le Parisien. The PAF is made up of hand-picked combatant pilots and accidents are uncommon among the unit.

Alpha Jets of the Patrouille de France during a rehearsal connected the eve of the D-Day Air Show, implicit Arromanches-les-Bains, France, connected June 07, 2024. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)