The prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, confirmed that the dead were Spanish workers of the Airbus factory in Seville where the plane is assembled.
Four people died and two were injured in an accident yesterday at the airport of Sevilla (Spain) when an Airbus A400M military plane crashed shortly after takeoff with six crew. The prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, confirmed that the dead were Spanish workers of the Airbus factory in Seville where the plane is assembled.
The ship took off from the airfield shortly before one pm on the first test flight before delivery to the Turkish government. Inside, were six people, including two pilots. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot reported to the control tower a glitch in the landing gear, without the sources could clarify whether there was a hydraulic or electrical failure. Other sources said the ship reported a problem with the wing flaps, which are key devices in takeoffs and landings.
In the control tower began to see that the plane lost height and the alarms went off. It was gradually losing altitude after a turn round asking track to an emergency landing. “What?” They asked the drivers. “It has fallen,” he said one stunned, rising all to view the scene with their own eyes. The clock was about to give one in the afternoon.
The accident caused a large column of black smoke divisable from all points of Seville. The five firefighters from Seville airport was immediately moved to the scene, where they found a Dantesque scene. The ship was destroyed, engines and propellers on the one hand, the cabin on the other … and charred, plus wounded in critical condition bodies.
Immediately moved to the Seville area firefighters to assist firefighters from Seville airport.
The airport was closed to air traffic at 13:15.
The two seriously injured were flown by helicopter to the Virgen del Rocío and Virgen Macarena hospitals. Health officials said they feared for the life of the injured admitted to the Virgen del Rocio with a head injury, requiring mechanical ventilation. The other occupant of the crashed plane entered the Virgen Macarena hospital suffering from a fractured pelvis and burns, and the prognosis is grave.
The plane crash was the A400M twenty-third who had come the factory of the European consortium Airbus Military and its destination was the Turkish army. It was the first flight tests of the device. The damaged aircraft at a cost of 165 million euros (185 million dollars).
All the political parties yesterday suspended their election campaign activities for the accident, while They expressed their condolences and solidarity with the victims of the accident and their families, employees of the company Airbus.
The president Rajoy moved yesterday from Tenerife (where he was campaigning) to Sevilla meeting with President of Airbus Military, the Spanish Fernando Alonso, and ask transparency in the investigation into the causes of the accident. I also met with relatives of the victims fall in the Andalusian capital and one of the civilians who heroically saved the two wounded in the incident.
Germany and the UK . The two nations decided yesterday to freeze its A400M. The German Army decided to keep grounded all its Airbus A400M in Seville as the stricken until the circumstances of the accident are clarified. The United Kingdom did the same.
“The chief of staff of the Air Force suspended operations until further notice,” a spokesman said in Berlin German Defense Ministry, which received in late 2014 the only A400M has at the moment, but placed an order for 53.
It is expected that another 18 were delivered this year, but the accident will make plans be delayed
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