Crash of two Eurofighters in the Mecklenburg Lake District

(B2) Two Eurofighter fighter jets from Tactical Squadron 73 'Steinhoff' (TLG73) crashed after colliding on Monday (June 24) over the Mecklenburg Lake District between the Fleesensee and the Drewitzer See

Both pilots ejected, but only one made it out alive. His parachute got caught in a tree, he was injured but recovered. The other pilot unfortunately died. They were participating in a combat air mission “, after taking off from Rostock-Laage in the company of a third aircraft which gave the alert, specifies the Air force.

The research mobilized significant resources. The investigation is ongoing, entrusted to the General Inspectorate of Air Safety of the Bundeswehr (General Flugsicherheit). The black boxes have been found.

The deceased officer was a 27-year-old lieutenant, with around 400 flying hours, who had completed his Eurofighter training in Spain, says our colleague Thomas Wiegold fromAugergeradeaus according to information from the German Air Force. The surviving pilot is a lieutenant-colonel with over 3700 flying hours.

(NGV)