2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash
 An A400M similar to the one involved in the incident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 May 2015 |
| Summary | Under investigation |
| Site | Near Seville Airport, Spain |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A400M Atlas |
| Registration | EC-403[citation needed] |
| Flight origin | Seville Airport, Spain |
| Fatalities | 4[1] |
| Injuries | 2[2] |
| Missing | 2[2] |
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On 9 May 2015, an Airbus A400M Atlas cargo plane on a test flight crashed near Seville Airport.[3] It was due to be delivered to the Turkish Air Force.[3] The cargo plane was believed to be carrying six to ten people.[4][3] Four people were killed and two were seriously injured.[1]
The aircraft, number MSN23[5], was on a factory production test flight and flown by an Airbus test crew.[6][7][8] The pilots reported that the plane had a technical fault before it crashed.[2][9]
The Royal Air Force has "temporarily paused" its two[a] Atlas cargo planes immediately after this incident.[2]
Notes
- ^ Although the source says two the Royal Air Force has three aircraft
External links
References
- ^ a b "Airbus military plane crashes near Spain's Seville airport". BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Military Plane Crashes During Seville Test Flight". Sky News. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ a b c Gayle, Damien; Feeney, David. "Spanish air force cargo plane crashes near Seville airport". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "Airbus military plane crashes in Spain, '8 to 10' on board". Business Insider. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
- ^ "Katastrofa A400M pod Sewillą". Konflikty.pl. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "At least three dead after military plane crash in Spain". Irish Times. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "Seville airport closed after military transport plane crashes" The Independent, 9 May 2015.
- ^ TERESA LÓPEZ PAVÓN (9 May 2015). "Cuatro muertos tras estrellarse un avión militar A-400M en pruebas junto al aeropuerto de Sevilla". ELMUNDO. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "Airbus military plane crashes near Spain's Seville airport". BBC News. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.