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Français : Stèle commémorant les victimes d’un accident aérien militaire, en Bourgogne-Franche Comté.

Le 22 mars 1995, vers 13h au lieu-dit "Bois Barrault", colline boisée entre Barizey et Châtel-Moron, Saône et Loire, un SEPECAT Jaguar E16 attaché à la BA 136 de Toul-Rosières (54) s’écrase, tuant ses 2 occupants sur le coup.

Version biplace d’un biréacteur de conception franco-britannique lancé au début des années 70, ce chasseur-bombardier d’entraînement considéré comme très maniable, participait à l’opération « Datex » programmée du 21 au 23 du mois. C’était l’un des exercices de manœuvres aériennes les plus importants alors organisés en Europe occidentale.

Depuis la veille des vols d’appareils de chasse à basse altitude sur le secteur étaient recensés, provoquant l’interrogation des habitants. Le Jaguar lorrain effectuait un passage en conditions réelles dans le cadre de missions de renseignement offensives-défensives, comprenant tests de capacité détection aéroportée, ravitaillement en vol... et était donc armé.

Les circonstances de l’accident ne furent jamais clairement établies. Défaillance technique, erreur de pilotage ? Plus de 20 ans après le drame le mystère demeure.

Les experts mandatés par la commission d’enquête s’accordent sur un point, l’extrême violence du choc. Il est estimé que le Jaguar heurta le sol à plus de 600 km/h, ce qui explique qu’on ait retrouvé des débris du chasseur à plus d’1 km du point d’impact... et bien que le crash se soit produit dans une zone forestière heureusement inhabitée, des particuliers aux alentours ont entendu le bruit de la déflagration et aperçu le panache de fumée consécutif à l’incendie.
English: Stele commemorating victims of a military air accident, in Bourgogne-Franche Comté.

On March 22, 1995, around 13.00 o'clock local hour (1:00 PM) at a place called "Bois Barrault", a wooded hill between Barizey and Châtel-Moron, Saône et Loire, a SEPECAT Jaguar E16 attached to the Toul-Rosières air base (North-East France) crashes, killing his 2 occupants on the spot.

A two-seater version of a Franco-British design jet launched in the early 1970s, this training bomber, considered highly manoeuvrable, took part in the « Datex » operation scheduled for the 21st to the 23rd of the month. It was one of the most important aerial maneuvers exercises then organized in Western Europe.

Since the day before flights of low-level fighter aircrafts were noticed on the area, causing concern of the neighbouring people. The Jaguar made a rotation under real conditions (as if there was a war !) part of offensive-defensive intelligence missions, including airborne detection capacity tests, air refueling ... and was therefore armed.

Circumstances of the accident were never clearly established. Technical failure, pilot error ? More than 20 years after the tragedy mystery remains.

Experts commissioned by the inquiry folks agree on one point, the force of impact. Jaguar estimated speed when it struck the ground was higher than 600 km/h (> 325 kts), which explains why air fighter remains were found more than 1 km/0.6 mi. from the crash place... and although tragedy occurred in a fortunately uninhabited forest area, local residents heard the sound of the blast and saw smoke following the fire.
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