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法國結束搜尋“陣風”飛行員的工作
【據防務新聞週刊2009年9月28日報導】法國認為,François Duflot上尉試飛員的失蹤應被視為死亡,因為兩架“陣風”戰鬥機在空中相撞的事故發生後接下來的三天,海上搜尋都無果而終。
船舶裝備(DGA)採購辦公室主任Laurent Collet-Billon 9月28日表示,“Duflot,DGA的試飛員,失蹤意外發生在2009年9月24日星期四,在Perpignan 的沿海岸”。
“所有我們在DGA的人員,特別是在飛行測試中心的工作人員都非常感動,這個傑出的飛行員,留下了他的妻子和三個孩子,”聲明說。“我們所有的想法都是圍繞他的家人和親人。Duflot屬於DGA的隊伍,讓我們覺得自豪,同時也提高了我們機構的聲譽。”
9月27日晚,當局在沒有找到Dufflot船舶和飛機的任何蹤跡後,取消了廣泛的搜索。
Dufflot在34種不同的飛機上飛行了近5000飛行小時,完成了包括80多個作戰任務。2002年在法國南部,他參加過DGA在伊斯特爾飛行試驗中心測試陣風的行動,並幫助F3標準的發展。
總統薩爾科齊在另一項聲明中說:“總統知道試飛員的工作要求非常嚴格,讚揚了Duflot在伊斯特爾飛行試驗中心的行為。”
國防部發言人Laurent Teisseire 9月28日表示,這一事故的調查資料將與巴西和飛行團體們共用。目前,巴西正在就購買陣風-2戰鬥機採購計畫進行談判。(工業和資訊化部電子科學技術情報研究所 劉 娜)
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France Ends Search for Rafale Pilot
By pierre tran
Published: 28 Sep 2009 12:17
Paris - France is treating the disappearance of test pilot Capt. François Duflot as a death, following three days of fruitless sea search after his Rafale fighter collided in midair with another Navy Rafale aircraft.
"François Duflot, a DGA test pilot, went missing after the accident which occurred between two Navy Rafales on Thursday Sept. 24, 2009 off the coast of Perpignan," a statement from Laurent Collet-Billon, head of the Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (DGA) procurement office, said Sept. 28.
"All of us at the DGA, and in particular the personnel at the flight test center, are very moved and touched by the loss of this distinguished pilot, who leaves behind him a wife and three children," the statement said. "All our thoughts are with his family and loved ones. François Duflot belonged to the teams of the DGA which make up the pride and renown of our institution."
The authorities called off an extensive search by ships and aircraft late Sept. 27 after failing to find any trace of Dufflot.
Dufflot had almost 5,000 flight hours on 34 different aircraft, including more than 80 combat missions. He joined the DGA flight test center at Istres, southern France in 2002, testing the Rafale and helping in its development to the F3 standard.
President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a separate statement: "The president knows how the job of test pilot is demanding and salutes the memory of Françoise Duflot of the Istres flight test center."
The collision occurred around 6 p.m. Sept. 24 as the two Rafale pilots were returning to the Charles de Gaulle carrier after test flights for validation of catapult procedures. The other Rafale pilot, Capt. Yann Beaufils, was picked up by helicopter from the sea after the crash.
Defense Ministry spokesman Laurent Teisseire said Sept. 28 information from the accident inquiry would be shared with Brazil and the flight community. Brazil is in talks to buy the Rafale as part of its FX-2 fighter procurement program.