Colombey-les-Belles, France:

Two Rafale fighter jets collided in midair before crashing to the ground in northeastern France on Wednesday, civil and military authorities said. 

A search for one of the crews was under way. The two jets were from the Saint-Dizier air base, an air force spokesman in Paris told AFP. 

One of the pilots ejected himself, he said. 

But an instructor and a student pilot from the second aircraft were still missing.

“We are still looking for the second crew,” the spokesman said.

The accident occurred in Colombey-les-Belles, a town in northeastern France, according to the prefecture.

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