12 Oct, 2017 @ 12:57
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BREAKING: Military plane crashes in southern Spain after taking part in National Day celebrations

Breaking news at The Olive Press

A EUROFIGHTER combat jet plane has crashed near a military base in southeastern Spain.

It went down after taking part in a parade in Madrid for Spain’s national day.

“I can confirm a plane has crashed,” a ministry spokeswoman said, with local media reporting the aircraft crashed near a military base at Albacete, 300 kilometres southeast of Madrid.

It is not immediately clear if there were any victims, the defence ministry spokesman added.

More to follow…

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence has a BA and MA in International Relations and a Gold Standard diploma in Multi-Media journalism from News Associates in London. He has almost a decade of experience and previously worked as a senior reporter for the Mail Online in London.

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