On the afternoon of Feb. 17, a French Rafale fighter jet accidentally knocked down a power line while performing low-level flight training, causing a small village in the south of the country to lose power for several hours. The picture is a Rafale fighter jet in the air show flight show.
Recently, the French “Rafale” fighter jets in the implementation of low-level flight training accidentally hit the power lines, resulting in a small village in the south of the country power outages for several hours, fortunately no casualties. The French military is currently investigating the specific cause of this “rare accident”.
Comprehensive media reports, France local Time on Wednesday afternoon (February 17), two Rafale fighter jets from the Orange air base in Vaucluse province to take off to participate in exercises, but in the flight over the town of Le Castellet (Le Castellet), because the flight altitude is too low, one of the “One of the Rafale planes hit and cut a power line, causing it to catch fire and causing a power outage in the town for several hours.
Benoît Gouin, the mayor of Le Castellet, was driving his car when he saw the first Rafale fighter jet fly over the town, very close to the ground.
Speaking to local media, Gouin described the situation: “The plane flew very low and made a loud noise, and then I looked up and the second plane flew right over my head.” The second one flew even lower, he said, and was already below the power lines in altitude.
Guin then continued driving and saw the power lines that had fallen to the ground further down the valley. “A fighter jet hit and cut the power lines, and I immediately called emergency services and the power company.” Guin said.
“The Rafale is a twin-engine, duck-wing layout multi-role fighter developed by France’s Dassault Aviation.
According to local media reports, the accident left the town of Le Castellet without power for more than four hours, while access to the town was also closed for safety reasons.
A spokesman for the French Air Force responded that there were no casualties and that the fighter aircraft returned to base immediately after the incident. In addition, the damaged power lines caused a fire, but it was quickly brought under control.
Currently, the French Air Force Gendarmerie has launched an investigation into this rare accident.
“The Rafale is a twin-engine, duck-wing layout multi-role fighter developed by Dassault Aviation of France, mainly to seize air power, ground and anti-ship, aerial reconnaissance and nuclear strike missions.
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