Material damage but not human. A French Mirage crashed early Thursday afternoon in Haute-Saône for reasons still unknown, said the staff of the Air and Space Force. No casualties were reported.
“A pilot of a Mirage 2000-5 fighter plane from the 1/2 Cigognes fighter squadron of Luxeuil air base 116, returning from a mission, was forced to eject five kilometers north of the base. of Luxeuil”, indicated the staff in a press release. “The pilot is unharmed and has been medically taken care of,” he added. “The aircraft, which crashed in a wooded area, was back from a mission. He was unarmed and caused no damage to the ground.
A judicial inquiry has been opened as well as a safety investigation which has been taken up by the Bureau of Investigation and Analysis for the Safety of State Aeronautics (BEA-E).