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French fighter jet disappears near Swiss border
JAN 9, 2019 - 16:28
The Mirage 2000 is a single-engine fourth-generation jet fighter designed in the late 1970s as a lightweight fighter to replace the Mirage III for the French Air Force.
A French fighter plane carrying two pilots has disappeared from radar in the Jura mountains on the French-Swiss border.
The Mirage 2000 took off on Wednesday for a training exercise from Nancy-Ochey military airport in north-eastern France with two crew members, according to the Doubs regional authorities.
A French air force spokeswoman said the aircraft was last sighted over a snow-covered mountainous area between the regions of Haut-Doubs and Haut-Jura near Geneva shortly after 11am.
The Jura Gendarmerie said on its Facebook pageexternal link that the plane had been flying over the Jura mountains between Mouthe and Mignovillard in France, and the Swiss border.
Since then, there has been no contact with the two crew members, a man and a woman, and an active search is underway. The operation in this mountainous area is complicated by snowfall and poor visibility.
The Mirage 2000 “was unarmed and did not have an additional fuel tank”, according to the Doubs authorities.
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/french-fighter-jet-disappears-near-swiss-border/44668952
@Vergennes @Nilgiri I hope the best for the pilots, but this doesn't look good...
JAN 9, 2019 - 16:28
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The Mirage 2000 is a single-engine fourth-generation jet fighter designed in the late 1970s as a lightweight fighter to replace the Mirage III for the French Air Force.
A French fighter plane carrying two pilots has disappeared from radar in the Jura mountains on the French-Swiss border.
The Mirage 2000 took off on Wednesday for a training exercise from Nancy-Ochey military airport in north-eastern France with two crew members, according to the Doubs regional authorities.
A French air force spokeswoman said the aircraft was last sighted over a snow-covered mountainous area between the regions of Haut-Doubs and Haut-Jura near Geneva shortly after 11am.
The Jura Gendarmerie said on its Facebook pageexternal link that the plane had been flying over the Jura mountains between Mouthe and Mignovillard in France, and the Swiss border.
Since then, there has been no contact with the two crew members, a man and a woman, and an active search is underway. The operation in this mountainous area is complicated by snowfall and poor visibility.
The Mirage 2000 “was unarmed and did not have an additional fuel tank”, according to the Doubs authorities.
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/french-fighter-jet-disappears-near-swiss-border/44668952
@Vergennes @Nilgiri I hope the best for the pilots, but this doesn't look good...