Accident | |
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Date | 26 January 2015 |
Summary | Crashed on take-off due to incorrect takeoff configuration[1] |
Site | Los Llanos Air Base, Albacete, Spain 38°56′54″N 01°51′48″W / 38.94833°N 1.86333°W |
Total fatalities | 11 |
Total injuries | 33 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | General Dynamics F-16D Fighting Falcon |
Operator | Hellenic Air Force |
Registration | 084 |
Occupants | 2 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 2 |
Survivors | 0 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 9 |
Ground injuries | 33 |
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]