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France: two Navy Rafales lost in the Mediterranean

Posted: 24 Sep 2009, 22:04
by james84
Two Rafales belonging to the wing embarked on the carrier Charles de Gaulle have been lost in a training mission in the Mediterranean Sea, in the area of Perpignan, close to the Spanish border, maybe because of an in-flight collision. One of the two pilots has been recovered and his life is not in danger, but nothing is known about the other. Here is a link in French
http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2 ... _3224.html

Posted: 25 Sep 2009, 00:43
by USCG76
That might put a damper on France's hope of selling the Rafales to Brazil.

Posted: 25 Sep 2009, 19:44
by sprocky
Well, maybe but if it was a pilot error... :roll: Losing two aircraft in the same area sounds to me as a mid-air collision. IIRC most of those sad happenings in military aviation happened due to pilot errors. I remember one accident in my active time when we lost two Tornados somewhere near Goose Bay :cry: