Patrouille de France plane crash: Horror footage shows mid-air collision as jets plummet out of sky
Two French military planes crashed in mid-air over the Saint-Dizier airbase on Tuesday afternoon as the pilots were forced to bail out.
Footage of the incident was posted on X by a user who wrote: “Accident involving two Patrouille de France Alpha Jets over the Saint-Dizier airbase in the north east of France. The pilots bailed out. Let’s hope that there were no casualties. The emergency services are already on site.”
At least three people were involved in the collision, including a pilot who was taken to hospital. The Patrouille de France is a French Air Force aerobatic team responsible for plane demonstrations – similar to the British Red Arrows.
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