Crash Mirage 2000

[gortje]

Tonight i've found information that about 19:00 an Mirage 2000 is crashed at Haute-Saone close of the village Montcourt .
The pilot is ejected but wounded. There is not any information if there are more people injured.

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[Arjan]

Isn't that the luxeuil area?

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[Rockville]

Isn't that the luxeuil area?

According to TF1 that's correct.
http://lci.tf1.fr/france/faits-divers/u ... 93412.html

[Tintin]

Mirage 2000-5 of EC 1/2 crashed due to bird strike while on training mission in a four-ship formation. Pilot ejected and lightly injured at one leg.

[gortje]

This Mirage came from Base aérienne 116 Luxeuil-Saint Sauveu and was from the Groupe de Chasse 1/2 Cigognes.

[stanak]

n°73
seen at Chateaudun last week-end

[Arjan]

And what a beauty she was standing on the ramp in the sun...................too bad she crashed! But luckily the pilot got out relatively unharmed!

[gortje]

Here is an article with 10 photos of the crashed Mirage 2000-5: http://www.estrepublicain.fr/defense/20 ... -recuperer
Sad to see this nice aircraft is crashed.