2015 Los Llanos Air Base crash

2015 Los Llanos Air Base crash
084, the F-16D involved in the accident, photographed in 2008
Accident
Date26 January 2015 (2015-01-26)
SummaryCrashed on take-off due to incorrect takeoff configuration[1]
SiteLos Llanos Air Base, Albacete, Spain
38°56′54″N 01°51′48″W / 38.94833°N 1.86333°W / 38.94833; -1.86333
Total fatalities11
Total injuries33
Aircraft
Aircraft typeGeneral Dynamics F-16D Fighting Falcon
Operator Hellenic Air Force
Registration084
Occupants2
Crew2
Fatalities2
Survivors0
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities9
Ground injuries33

On 26 January 2015, an F-16D Fighting Falcon jet fighter of the Hellenic Air Force crashed into a flight line shortly after take-off at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people: the two crew members and nine personnel on the ground. Thirty-three others, all on the ground, were injured.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b "Spanish Safety Investigation Board (SIB) Final Report" (PDF). Safety Investigation Board (SIB). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Fighter jet crash kills 10 in Spain". BBC News. 26 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.