Germany fighter jets collide, pilots eject

Two fighter jet pilots have managed to eject from their warplanes and open their parachutes after they collided in mid-air over northeast Germany.

Two Eurofighter warplanes have crashed in northeast Germany after a mid-air collision but both pilots ejected.

The jets, belonging to the German armed forces, crashed near the Laage military base in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on Monday, the German air force said on Twitter.

"Together with a third Eurofighter they were flying an Air Combat Mission," the German force tweeted.

"The pilot of the third Eurofighter observed the collision and reported that two parachutes descended to the ground."

Ostseewelle radio, which first reported the crash, posted a video sent in by one of its readers which showed two plumes of smoke rising from separate crash sites at some distance from each other.

Focus magazine said one of the pilots of the Eurofighters - made by Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo - had been found living while the other was yet to be located.