Spanish military stunt pilot dies as plane crashes into sea off Murcia
AFP/The Local - [email protected] •
28 Feb, 2020
Updated Fri 28 Feb 2020 09:00 CEST
A Spanish military pilot was killed when his plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea during an aerial acrobatics display on Thursday.
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After recovering debris from the plane off the east coast of Spain, the airforce confirmed on Twitter that the pilot was dead.
He was named as Comander Eduardo Garvalena Crespo.
A falta de finalizar las tareas de búsqueda, lamentamos informar que nuestro compañero, el comandante Eduardo Garvalena Crespo #Águila5 ha fallecido.
Nos unimos al dolor de sus familiares y amigos DEP ¡Vuela alto compañero! pic.twitter.com/oQ39eOqTzx
— Ejército del Aire (@EjercitoAire) February 27, 2020
It was the third deadly air force accident in the Murcia region in six months.
Last August, a military instructor died when his plane crashed in the same area. The following month another instructor and his trainee died in another crash.
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— efectopatronus (@efectopatronus1) February 27, 2020
After recovering debris from the plane off the east coast of Spain, the airforce confirmed on Twitter that the pilot was dead.
He was named as Comander Eduardo Garvalena Crespo.
A falta de finalizar las tareas de búsqueda, lamentamos informar que nuestro compañero, el comandante Eduardo Garvalena Crespo #Águila5 ha fallecido.
— Ejército del Aire (@EjercitoAire) February 27, 2020
Nos unimos al dolor de sus familiares y amigos DEP ¡Vuela alto compañero! pic.twitter.com/oQ39eOqTzx
It was the third deadly air force accident in the Murcia region in six months.
Last August, a military instructor died when his plane crashed in the same area. The following month another instructor and his trainee died in another crash.
READ ALSO:
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