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Spanish Air Force Pilot Killed as Military Plane Crashes in Mediterranean - Video

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Spanish Air Force Pilot Killed as Military Plane Crashes in Mediterranean - Video

11:16 GMT 26.08.2019 (Updated: 11:46 GMT 26.08.2019)

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A C-101, the same type of plane used by the Spanish Air Force’s Eagle Patrol aerobatics team, was on a training flight near an airbase outside the town of San Javier.

The Spanish Defence Ministry said on Monday that a military plane had crashed into the sea in south-eastern Spain.

The pilot of the light attack aircraft was killed, a source in the Defence Ministry said, as quoted by La Sexta broadcaster.

📅LUNES 26 DE AGOSTO📅
Accidente aéreo en La Manga (Murcia): Un avión caza C101 de la Patrulla Águila del Ejército del Aire se ha estrellado esta mañana (a las 9) en el Mar Mediterráneo ➡️ El piloto del caza ha fallecido.

📹Arturo Ávila pic.twitter.com/cqm1vsFpTn
— Asuntos Públicos (@_apublicos) 26 августа 2019 г.

The incident occurred at around 9.40 am local time (7.40 GMT). As soon as local emergency services received information about the crash, they mobilised boats for a rescue operation.

Following initial reports of the incident, the Defence Ministry stated that the pilot, a flight instructor, was able to eject before the crash.