Bad weather forces French carrier jets to land in Indonesia

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Seven fighter jets from a French aircraft carrier made unscheduled landings in Indonesia on Saturday because of bad weather during training.

The Dassault Rafale jets touched down safely at Sultan Iskandar Muda air force base in Aceh, an Indonesian official told Foreign news agency.

They had been due to return to the Charles de Gaulle carrier out in the Indian Ocean, west of Sumatra.