The clash of the F-15 and Mirage 2000

During the joint exercise of air, yet the causes of transient, collision Saudi F-15 and French Mirage 2000. The pilots had to eject.


Presented by the Saudi terse message indicates that the accident occurred yesterday, in the north of the country in the region of Tabuk. During the joint exercise was to air collision of F-15C and two-person version of the French Mirage .

The damage was so great that all three pilots had to eject. Will be found by rescue teams and transferred command of the northern military district, where he began setting the course of events.

For the French and Saudi air forces were not the first joint exercises. Already in 2009, France hosted the six Saudi F-15C / D. It was the first visit of this kind in a European country.