Two French air drill jets crash in rehearsal

PARIS, France 

Two French Air Force jets have collided mid-air while rehearsing a stunt.

The crash occurred near the air base in Saint-Dizier, eastern France, this afternoon during a training drill involving six Alpha Jets from the Patrouille de France.

Terrifying footage shows how the group of jets were performing a stunt and firing smoke when two aircraft collided in mid-air. 

The two planes then suddenly fell to the ground. Both were destroyed in the crash.

Both pilots and a passenger were able to eject from the planes and were 'found conscious', according French Air and Space Force officials. 

Two people who are in a state of 'relative emergency' have been taken to the local hospital, French newspaper Le Figaro reports. The third, described as a 'multi-trauma sufferer' is being treated by the Army.

Sébastien Lecornu, France's Minister of the Armed Forces, confirmed the accident in a statement on X.

'Emergency services are being mobilised, and coordination is being ensured by the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of the Armed Forces,' Lecornu said.