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French AF Mirage 2000 struck high-voltage cable this week...

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http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=151313

Google-translation of http://www.ledauphine.com/haute-provenc ... te-tension :

http://translate.google.com/translate?s ... te-tension
A Mirage 2000 Air Base Orange severed a cable line high voltage 225 000 volts, Monday afternoon at St. Eulalie, near Sisteron.

The incident was revealed yesterday by the mayor of Sisteron, Daniel Spagnou, who said he was "furious".

According to him, "Sisteron is regularly these unwanted and dangerous passages with the presence of high-risk site Sanofi plant." Mr. Spagnou "is unacceptable and that we do take unnecessary risks to the local population."

The Air Force yesterday confirmed the incident.
"A patrol of Orange on a mission of training young drivers in low altitude, that is to say 150 meters.

The incident occurred when the driver negotiated the turn back to its base.
The aircraft was damaged but was able to return on the basis of Orange, "stated Colonel Breton, head of Sirpa Air. "It was an accident quite exceptional. An investigation is underway. '
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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Re: French AF Mirage 2000 struck high-voltage cable this wee

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An electric discarge of adrenaline for the pilot. He was lucky, that was a close call...
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