Rescuers search for French air force navigator after jet pilot dies in crash
- Rescue teams were on Wednesday searching north-eastern France for the navigator of a French air force jet, after the pilot died in a crash on Tuesday night in bad weather.
- Issued on: 21/10/2026 - 13:12 2 min Reading time The Mirage 2000D jet went down at around 10.40pm near Nancy during a training flight from Nancy-Ochey Air Base 133.
- “For Nancy Air Base, which has already been involved in this type of accident in recent years, this is a terrible shock,” said base commander Ludovic Humbert.
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- Rescue teams were on Wednesday searching north-eastern France for the navigator of a French air force jet, after the pilot died in a crash on Tuesday night in bad weather.
- Issued on: 21/10/2026 - 13:12 2 min Reading time The Mirage 2000D jet went down at around 10.40pm near Nancy during a training flight from Nancy-Ochey Air Base 133.
- “For Nancy Air Base, which has already been involved in this type of accident in recent years, this is a terrible shock,” said base commander Ludovic Humbert.
Sources: RFI