17 Oct, 2017 @ 15:14
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ANOTHER pilot dead in Spain in mystery military plane crash

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TRAGIC: Pilot Serrano and an purported image of the crash
TRAGIC: Pilot Serrano and an purported image of the crash

A PILOT has died this morning in Spain’s second fatal plane crash in a week.

Lieutenant Fernando Pérez Serrano, 26, suddenly crashed to the ground as the F-18 fighter jet was taking off from Torrejon de Ardoz airbase around 11am local time.

An investigation has been launched but the cause of the crash remains unknown.

It comes after a jet fighter from the Spanish military crashed last Thursday after an air display to celebrate national day.

The defense ministry confirmed the Eurofighter went down in Albacete, southern Spain, on its return to base.

Authorities said the pilot died in the accident which happened during a landing maneuver.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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