Euro fighter crashed near Spain, pilot dead

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9 June 2014 Last updated at 14:22 GMT

BBC News - Eurofighter crashes at Spain's Moron base near Seville

A Eurofighter jet, similar to the one pictured, crashed at the Moron air base

A pilot has died after his Eurofighter jet crashed at a military base in southern Spain, defence officials say.

"A Eurofighter has crashed on landing on the runway of the Moron base", a Spanish defence ministry spokeswoman told the AFP news agency.

The accident took place at around 14:00 local time (12:00 GMT) at the facility, 56km (35 miles) south-east of Seville.

The base is shared by Spain and the US Air Force, but only Spain operates the Eurofighter jet.

Local media say the aircraft smashed in to the ground while attempting to land.

Images posted on social media showed black smoke rising from the vicinity of the air base.

Eyewitness Jorge Gargallo took this picture of the crash site from a nearby field

 

[Kompromat]

Rest in Peace to the aviator.

Moron Airbase

 

[Dubious]

Rest in Peace to the aviator.

Moron Airbase

Yo what did you eat?


RIP to the pilot!

 

[Indus Falcon]

Rest in Peace.

 

[ejaz007]

Eurofighter Jet Crashes In Spain, Pilot Killed

MADRID — A Eurofighter jet crashed while attempting to landing at an air base in southwestern Spain on Monday, killing its pilot, the defense ministry said.

"A Eurofighter crashed on landing at the start of the runway of the Moron base," near Sevilla, a ministry spokeswoman told AFP.

The sole pilot of the plane, an air force captain, was killed, a defense ministry spokesman said.

The Moron air base is shared by Spain and the US Air Force, but only Spain operates the Eurofighter jet.

The Eurofighter, a multi-purpose twin-engine fighter jet introduced in 2003, is built by a consortium made up of British defense group BAE, European aerospace group Airbus and Italian defense contractor Finmeccanica.

It is designed as a highly agile multi-role aircraft, capable of ground-attack as well as its primary air defense role.

The Eurofighter consortium, Europe's largest defense program, is in fierce competition with other fighter-jet makers such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Dassault Aviation.

Last month the head of Airbus' defense division, Bernhard Gerwert, said the consortium would stop making the Eurofighter jet in 2018 if it did not win new export contracts for the fighter jet.

Talks were underway to sell Eurofighter jets outside of Europe, to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Malaysia, he said.

Eurofighter Jet Crashes In Spain, Pilot Killed | Defense News | defensenews.com

 

[Schutz]

Rest in Peace to the aviator.

Moron Airbase

Was glancing through the story and saw that, sadly had to laugh