Military Plane Crashes During Seville Test Flight

Several people are reported dead as a military aircraft crashes during a test flight, closing Seville's airfield.

15:36, UK, Saturday 09 May 2015

Video: Deaths As Military Plane Crashes

 

A military transport aircraft has crashed near Seville in southern Spain, killing at least three people.

Video footage showed a thick plume of black smoke rising from the crash scene, one mile (1.6 km) north of Seville's San Pablo airport.

The plane crashed in a rural area near Seville airport (Pic: Airlive.net)

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said all those on board, between eight and 10 people, had been killed, newspaper El Pais reported.
However the figures have not been confirmed by the Prime Minister's office and emergency services on the ground say the death toll currently stands at three.

Of the seven people on board the plane another two are accounted for and two are seriously injured, a spokeswoman said.

Emergency crews at the scene (Pic: Airlive.net)

It is understood the brand new Airbus A400M aircraft.was undergoing flight trials at the airport.
In a statement Airbus said the aircraft had been "foreseen for the Turkish customer".
All flights to Seville are being diverted to Malaga and Jerez airports, Spain's airport authority AENA said.
An industrial estate near where the Airbus came down in the suburb of Carmona has lost electrical power as a result of the crash, AENA says.
Sky's defence correspondent Alistair Bunkall said both the RAF's A400M planes had been grounded as a precaution following the crash.