Friday, February 19, 2021

French Fighter Jets Fly Through Electrical Lines During Low-Flying Exercise Cutting Off Power To A French Village

A Rafale planes on a low-altitude training flight were flying very close to the ground after taking off from a nearby air base, reports said. In this file photo, a Rafale fighter jet taxis on the tarmac after landing in Tanagra military airport, Greece, on February 4 


 * The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Le Castellet, southern France 
 * Two French military planes were flying close to the ground during an exercise 
 * One of them struck electrical lines and cut the power supply to a village of 4,000 
 * No casualties were reported in the 'extremely rare' incident, authorities said 

A French military planes has struck electrical lines and cut the power supply to a village in southern France while carrying out a low-flying exercise. 

The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Le Castellet, a small village of just under 4,000 residents near Manosque. 

The Rafale fighter jet was one of the two aircraft performing a low-altitude training flight. They were approaching very close to the ground after taking off from a nearby air base, reports said. 

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WNU Editor: This could have ended badly for the pilot.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Pilot was imitating the late, 'grate' John McCain.

Anonymous said...


I too am surprised the pilot made it through that squeeze. I'd like to see how well the aircraft came out of it's introduction to electrical lines.