CNN: Pilot killed as two Eurofighter jets collide in midair
(CNN)Two Eurofighter jets crashed in midair in northern Germany on Monday, killing one of the pilots, according to the German air force.
The unarmed warplanes were on an "air combat mission" when they collided near the Laage military base in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the airforce's Team Luftwaffe said on Twitter.
The airforce later tweeted that one pilot had been found dead, while the other pilot, who survived, is being treated by emergency services after safely ejecting from the jet.
Local police said in a statement that the surviving pilot landed in the canopy of a tree, 66 feet from the ground.
Two parachutes were seen over the lake area of Silz and Jabel, a local Neubrandenburg police spokeswoman told CNN.
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More News On Today's Collision Of Two Eurofighter Jets In Germany
1 pilot dies, 1 survives after German fighter jets collide -- AP
Pilot killed in Eurofighter collision over eastern Germany -- Reuters
Pilot dies after Eurofighters collide in northern Germany -- DW
Germany crash: Two Eurofighter jets in fatal collision -- BBC
Eurofighter pilot killed in Germany collision, other found alive in tree -- Euronews
Germany plane crash: Pilot killed after two fighter jets collide in mid-air -- The Independent
VIDEO shows German Eurofighter jet plummeting to ground after mid-air collision -- RT
3 comments:
RIP :/
Yes. RIP to the pilot and my thoughts and prayers for the family.
Also bad news because those jets represented about half the German Air Force's operational fleet.
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