The F-16 that crashed in Spain suffered damage to take off … – Digital Newspaper

The F-16 that crashed in Spain suffered damage to take off … – Digital Newspaper

The accident killed the two Greek pilots and nine French soldiers. Another 20 people were injured

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Paris, France.- The Greek F-16 aircraft that crashed Monday at the Spanish base of Los Llanos (Albacete, southeast), causing eleven dead, including nine French, suffered a malfunction on takeoff and two pilots tried to eject, said Thursday the French Ministry of Defence.

“What we know is that the crew of the F-16, rather quickly, almost after takeoff, tried to eject, this confirms the fault,” said the chief of staff of the French Air Force at a press conference, General Denis Mercier, but could not decide on the type of fault.

“It’s an extremely rare accident, a plane that

has a failure on takeoff, which deviate much from its path and falls precisely in the place “where the other planes were preparing to take off, and were therefore loaded with fuel, Mercier said, adding that” it was a succession of bad luck. “

In the accident the two Greek pilots died and nine French soldiers. Another 20 people were injured.

The soldiers were participating in a training program in Spanish NATO base.