HAF F-16 Crashes at TLP

摘要

Eleven people were killed when an Hellenic Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16D Block 50D Fighting Falcon crashed at Los Llanos Air Base near Albacete in Spain. The accident happened at 15:16 on January 26 - the jet crashed into aircraft parked on the apron after suffering a technical failure on take-off whilst participating in NATO's Tactical Leadership Programme (TLP). Both pilots and eight French servicemen on the ground were killed and 21 others injured, ten French and 11 Italian personnel. One of the injured French servicemen died at a specialist burns unit in Madrid the following day. "What we know is that the crew of the F-16, quite quickly after take-off, tried to eject, which confirms the technical failure," said General Denis Mercier, the French Air Force Chief of Staff. A number of aircraft were either damaged or destroyed in the crash, including two Alpha Jets and a Mirage 2000D belonging to the French Air Force and two Italian Air Force AMXs.