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Eurofighter accident at Spain's Moron base near Seville | |
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A Eurofighter jet has been involved in an accident on the runway of military base in southern Spain, defence officials have told the BBC. | |
Authorities have not yet said if there were any casualties, but only one pilot was believed to have been in the plane. | |
Local media say the aircraft smashed in to the ground while landing at the Moron air base near Seville. | |
The base is shared by Spain and the US Air Force, but of the two, only Spain operates the Eurofighter jet. | The base is shared by Spain and the US Air Force, but of the two, only Spain operates the Eurofighter jet. |
"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 shortly after 14:00 local time (12:00 GMT) on Monday. |