Two French fighters collided in the air during a demonstration

Two Rafale fighters of the French Air Force were involved in a small collision in the air on Sunday, May 22, 2022, but managed to land safely.

The incident happened during the Cognac air show at Chateaubernard air base.

Colonel Nicholas Liot, commander of the Cognac-Chateaubernard base, said two Rafale fighters from the French Air Force’s 30th Fighter Squadron were involved in the accident.

One of the planes lost part of its tail in the collision and the wreckage fell and destroyed a house in the town of Gensac-la-Pallue. The two aircraft landed without difficulty and no injuries were reported from the incident.

The French Air Force and the local administration have launched an investigation into the incident.

The Cognac airshow is an important event based at Cognac-Chateaubernard Air Base. The two-day event includes both static ground-based aircraft demonstrations and flight demonstrations, including by the Patrouille de France acrobatics team.

The air show at Base 709 in Cognac took place on 21 and 22 May 2022. According to local media reports, the accident occurred on the last day of the long-awaited show at around 12:40 local time.

“In aeronautics, there is only one priority: safety. “We need to understand what happened,” said Colonel Liaouti, commander of the air base, according to Air Live.

Of the two aircraft that collided, one was a Rafale 30-GA, an aircraft recently painted in the tiger-paint design for the NATO Tiger Meet exercise held in Greece.

With information from: Eurasian Times

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