Greek F-16 jet crashes at Spanish airbase, killing 10 people
A Greek F-16 fighter jet has crashed on the airport runway of Spain's Los Llanos airbase in Albacete during take-off, killing 10 people and injuring 13, the country's Defense ministry confirmed on Monday evening.
The Greek Air Force had announced the incident earlier.
The fighter jet was participating in a pilot training programme for armed forces of NATO member-states, the Tactical Leadership Programme (TLP). According to the ministry spokesman, the aircraft "suffered a loss of power and crashed on an aircraft hangar...causing damages to other aircraft which were there."
Firefighters are trying to battle the blaze which erupted in the airbase and have sealed off the area.
The spokesman also told a French news agency earlier that he could not confirm the two Greek pilots were killed, as some Spanish media reported.
The F-16 belonged to the 341 Squadron of the 111th Combat Wing of Nea Aghialos and had been redeployed at the Los Lllanos airbase as part of the training programme which takes place in the airbase from January 19 to February 13. For the same reason, Greece has redeployed in the Spanish airbase three more F-16 Block 50 fighter jets and 41 air force staff.
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