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Old 26th Jan 2015, 15:14
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Greek F-16 down...

http://rt.com/news/226383-spain-jet-crash-albacete/

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Old 26th Jan 2015, 15:46
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Pretty grim. Video here. Noticias última hora, programas y series de Radio Televisión Española - RTVE.es
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The video appears to show that it crashed on part of the flightline?

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I gained that impression too, Rhino. Looks like there's a damaged airframe balanced on its nose.

RIP to the dead, and wishing a swift recovery for the injured.

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Second video https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-c...AJ_bbBuPI#t=27
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Greek F-16 down...

ITV reporting 10 fatalities. I hope they've got that wrong.
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10 reported dead

Spanish newspapers cite Spanish MoD sources as confirming 10 dead. 13 injured. 6 serious.

Se estrella un F-16 griego en la base de Albacete - Espaa - abc.es
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Latest from El Pais is 10 dead and 13 injured and that up to 20 could be dead.

Crashed on the flight-line near the Training Ops Center.

RIP.

Diez muertos y 13 heridos al estrellarse un F-16 griego en Albacete | España | EL PAÍS
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Se estrella un F-16 griego en la base de Albacete - Espaa - abc.es

I spot several Tornados and Harriers on the flight line, so seems a multi-national exercise going on...terrible.
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Lakenheath F15 also next to site
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TLP.

Could be very bad
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Old 26th Jan 2015, 17:24
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MoD saying no British nationals involved.

Thoughts with those who are.
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Looks pretty bad, condolences to those involved
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Was on BBC World TV out here a few minutes ago-pictures showed established fire seemed to be burning without any attempts at control applied.
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As has happened so often before, a mishap starts out as a routine training mission ... RIP, brothers in arms, doing what we do or did.

Could have been any of us, on a given day.
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Old 26th Jan 2015, 17:55
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Originally Posted by sandiego89
Se estrella un F-16 griego en la base de Albacete - Espaa - abc.es

I spot several Tornados and Harriers on the flight line, so seems a multi-national exercise going on...terrible.
As likely to be Matadores as Harriers.
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Old 26th Jan 2015, 17:58
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According to the BBC video "Most of the dead are believed to be foreigners" - thanks Ben Brown - that's sympathetic . . .
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Having been to Albacete during an exercise, I can't imagine how the F-16 would have crashed into the flightline or hangars. The east/west runway is well away from the flightline. Is it possible it caught fire on the flightline itself rather than being previously airborne?
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Christ I did TLP out of Florenne, halcyon days. Never thought something like this could happen. RIP
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Saying a take off accident. Looks like the runway is about due east/west, and the impact area on the flight line a good 1000 feet north of centerline, mid-runway with shelters and taxi ways separating the two. Clear separation as Rabina says, so the F-16 had to be airborne and went up and over the shelters/open ground, or something happened on the ramp. Open areas to the South unfortunately.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Los+L...Spain&t=h&z=15

List of participants from here: http://airheadsfly.com/2015/01/26/ma...-tlp-exercise/
List of participants TLP 2015-1
3 Lockheed Martin F-16C plus 1 F-16D, Hellenic Air Force (341 Mira from Almiros/Nea Anchialos Airbase)
4 Eurofighter EF2000s, Spanish Air Force (ALA 11 from Morón Airbase)
2 Dassault Rafales, French Air Force (EC 01.091 from BA113 Saint Dizier)
2 Dassault Mirage 2000Ds, French Air Force (ETD 02.007 from BA133 Nancy/Ochey)
2 Mirage 2000-5, French Air Force (EC 01.002 from BA116 Luxeuil/St.Sauveur)
5 McDonnell Douglas AV-8B+, Italian Naval Aviation (Gruppo Aerei Imbarcati from Grottaglie/Taranto)
3 Boeing (McDonnel Douglas) F-15E Strike Eagle (From RAF Lakenheath)
2 Dornier / Dassault Alpha Jets, French Air Force (EE 02.002 from BA120 Cazaux)
2 AMX, Italian Air Force (132° Gruppo from Istrana Airbase)
4 Panavia Tornado IDSs, German Air Force (Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 33 from Büchel)
2 British Aerospace Hawk, Royal Air Force (No. 100 Squadron from RAF Leeming)

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