A Eurofighter Typhoon, the model which crashed at Moron Air Base, performs a display flight at an airshow. Reuters
Eurofighter Jet Crashes At Spanish Base, Killing Pilot -- Reuters
(Reuters) - A Spanish Eurofighter jet crashed on Monday just before landing at an air base near Seville shared with the United States, killing the pilot, the Defence Ministry said.
The accident happened adjacent to the runway of the Moron de la Frontera air base at around 2 p.m. (1200 GMT), a ministry statement said, and it was not yet clear what caused the crash.
The 30-year-old pilot was from Madrid and had logged 600 hours of experience flying the combat jet.
Eurofighters are built by British defence company BAE Systems, European aerospace group Airbus and Italy's Finmeccanica.
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More News On Today's Eurofighter Jet Crash
Eurofighter crashes at Spain's Moron base near Seville -- BBC
Eurofighter jet crashes in Spain, pilot killed -- AFP
Eurofighter jet crashes near Spanish air base -- AP
Spain: Eurofighter Jet Crashes at Seville Military Base During Exercise -- IBTimes
Spanish fighter jet explodes killing pilot -- The Local
Pilot dies as Eurofighter crashes at Spanish airforce base -- Global Post/Xinhua
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