F-16 crash Greek: the death toll mounts, another French dies


A ninth French soldier died after the crash of a Greek F-16 on a military base in southeastern Spain. He died Tuesday as a result of his injuries. The death toll was so late in the morning eleven dead and twenty wounded.


Take-off on Monday afternoon, the F-16 suffered an engine power loss and crashed on French and Italian aircraft.


"This was a pilot training to practice act in combined operations, explained the Spanish Minister of Defence on this basis that hosts a training center for elite pilots of NATO . These are things that happen, but it's terrible. We regret this misfortune. "

A judge of Valencia investigates with the Civil Guard on the accident in which the two pilots of the F-16, two Greeks died. The French army pays a heavy price in this drama. Nine French died and nine others were injured, including five in serious condition. The eleven injured are Italian.






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