CAIRO – 27 November 2022: Spokesperson of the Egyptian Armed Forces Gharib Abdel Hafez announced that a fighter jet crashed during training on Sunday because of a technical error, and that the pilot and co-pilot survived. The cause of the crashes was also technical problems that were not detailed, and they all happened during training. Egypt signed a contract with the French Dassault Aviation company to purchase 30 Rafale fighter jets, announced the Egyptian Armed Forces in a statement in May 2021. The 24 Rafale aircrafts were part of a deal valued at 5.3 billion euros ($5.9 billion). Reuters reported that the new deal is worth 3.75 billion euro ($4.5 billion).
