1st Rafale Crash!
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Training mission ends in French Rafale fighter plane's crash
Front page / World
12/06/2007 17:34 Source: AP ©
During a training mission a French Rafale fighter plane crashed, and the pilot was missing.
Two fighter jets took off from a military air field in Saint-Dizier in the Correze region for a training mission at about 4,000 meters (13,000 feet), said air force spokesman Col. Gilles Lemoine.
Rafale fighter plane(www.militarypictures.info)
One of the planes disappeared from radar screens for unknown reasons and crashed, he said. The pilot was missing, and a search was under way.
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Hope the pilot is alright.
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Definitely won't go well with the lack of exports of Rafale so far. Hope the pilot is ok.
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DATE:07/12/07
SOURCE:Flightglobal.com
Rafale crashes in central France, pilot killed
By Stephen Trimble
A two-seat Dassault Rafale B crashed late on 6 December in the central region of France, killing the pilot.
The French air force confirms the crash occurred at 6:20 pm during a training flight with the aircraft unarmed. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but the air force issued a brief statement.
“The aircraft flew a 4,000m vertical descent before crashing in the inhabited area,” the statement says.
The incident is believed to be the first crash of the Rafale, which entered operational service in 2004. The Rafale B is the two-seat version.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/12/07/220161/rafale-crashes-in-central-france-pilot-killed.html -
Captain Emmanuel MORIUSER died on spot
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Died on the spot! And they said pilot was missing? Must be a helluva crash
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Probably aliens captured the pilot
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most prob died of G-loc.....
