Overview
- A two-seat Mirage 2000D from Nancy-Ochey lost radio and radar contact during final approach late on Tuesday night and emergency teams found wreckage in fields and woodland near Rogéville early the next morning.
- Search-and-rescue crews recovered one body that is awaiting formal identification and continue to search for the second crew member.
- The jet carried a trainee fighter pilot and an experienced weapons systems officer, and an air force spokesman said at least one crew member appears to have been unable to eject.
- A drone helped locate the crash site between Rogéville, Tremblecourt and Domèvre-en-Haye, the area has been secured for ordnance checks, and officials say the aircraft was reportedly not carrying weapons.
- Investigators from the BEA-É and separate military and judicial teams have been tasked with examining wreckage and cockpit systems, and the incident is likely to prompt renewed scrutiny of Mirage 2000D night training and fleet safety practices given past accidents and recent modernization work.