Fighter jet crashes, explodes into fireball in France; kills one

Mirage 2000D, a French fighter jet, crashed, killing at least one crew member, authorities said. Witnesses reported hearing an explosion and seeing a fireball near the plane's air base on the outskirts of Nancy. A fighter pilot and a weapons systems navigator were on a training mission involving a night flight, said Colonel Ludovic Humbert, commander of Air Base 133.