French Mirage 2000D fighter jet crashes during training, killing two crew

The French Air and Space Force announced that a Mirage 2000D fighter jet crashed on Tuesday evening near the city of Nancy in northeastern France during a training flight, resulting in the deaths of both crew members.

Spokesman David Pappalardo said on Wednesday that at the end of the tactical phase of the training exercise, while returning at night using flight instruments, air traffic control lost both radio and radar contact with the aircraft. He added that no distress call was made and there was no attempt to use the ejection seats.