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BBC News – Greek fighter jet crashes in Spain killing 10 people

Ten people have died in a fighter jet crash at a military base in Spain, the Defence Ministry says. Military officials said that the Greek F-16 jet crashed into other planes and exploded at the Los Llanos airbase in Albacete in central Spain. One of the pilots performed a wrong manoeuvre during take-off, according to…

Ten people have died in a fighter jet crash at a military base in Spain, the Defence Ministry says.

Military officials said that the Greek F-16 jet crashed into other planes and exploded at the Los Llanos airbase in Albacete in central Spain.

One of the pilots performed a wrong manoeuvre during take-off, according to local media. Both pilots were killed.

Another 13 people have been injured, six of them seriously, according to officials.

via BBC News – Greek fighter jet crashes in Spain killing 10 people.

Simply awful.

We’ll have to wait to see the cause.

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  1. jjak

    Some of the footage I’ve found seems to show at least a damaged Alpha Jet or AMX and a burning Rafale. Looks like there were a number of Eurofighters and a couple of F-15s on the flight line as well, but they didn’t appear visibly damaged.

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