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Eurofighter accident at Spain's Moron base near Seville Eurofighter crashes 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. A pilot has died after his Eurofighter jet crashed at a military base in southern Spain, defence officials say.
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.
"A Eurofighter has crashed on landing on the runway of the Moron base", a Spanish defence ministry spokeswoman told the AFP news agency."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. 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.