Collision Over Biberach
A twin-engine Partenavia aircraft, en route from Stuttgart to Biberach an der Riss Airport, collided with a French Air Force (Armée de l'Air) Mirage IIIR registered 342/33-CA. The impact occurred while the Partenavia was approaching the airfield.
Crash and Casualties
Following the collision, both aircraft entered a dive and crashed onto several houses located between the villages of Assmannshardt and Birkenhardt, north of the airfield. All occupants on board both aircraft—the two people in the Partenavia and the pilot of the Mirage—were killed. Additionally, four people on the ground died. A dozen others on the ground sustained injuries, some of them serious.
Aircraft and Operations
The incident involved a civilian light twin-engine airplane (Partenavia) and a military reconnaissance fighter jet (Mirage IIIR). The Partenavia was on a short flight from Stuttgart. The Mirage was operated by the French Air Force. No further details about the flight plans or causes of the collision were provided in the source.