A Eurofighter jet crashed while attempting to landing at an air base in south-western Spain on Monday, killing its pilot, the defence ministry said. "A Eurofighter crashed on landing at the start of the runway of the Moron base," near Sevilla, a ministry spokeswoman told AFP. The sole pilot of the plane, an air force captain, was killed, a defence ministry spokesman said.
The Moron air base is shared by Spain and the US Air Force, but only Spain operates the Eurofighter jet. The Eurofighter, a multi-purpose twin-engine fighter jet introduced in 2003, is built by a consortium made up of British defence group BAE, European aerospace group Airbus and Italian defence contractor Finmeccanica.
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