A Lear Jet with two people on board has crashed after colliding mid-air with a German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon over Olsberg, in Germany.
The Learjet was a target plane operated by the “Gesellschaft für Flugzieldarstellung” (GFD), a civilian company cooperating with the German Air Force for air targeting exercises.
The Eurofighter involved in the collision was operating with another aircraft of the same type doing Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) training, in which the Eurofighters intercepted the Learjet.
The military jet reportedly safely landed at Nörvenich air base whereas the civilian plane crashed in an unpopulated area. The two on board the Lear Jet are feared dead.
Although strict Air Traffic Control rules are enforced in the area, Central Europe airspace is the world’s most crowded: coexistence of military aircraft involved in training activities and civilian flights crossing the globe's busiest airspace with a concentration of major cities and airport hubs has always been a bit “challenging.”
http://theaviationist.com/2014/06/23/gaf-typhoon-midair/
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