A Spanish military plane crashed into the sea off the country’s southeastern coast early this morning and the pilot appeared to have ejected from the aircraft, the air force said.

The C-101 jet, used for training, hit the water near La Manga at around 0738 GMT, an air force spokesman said.

It was not yet clear if the pilot, a flying instructor who was not accompanied by any pupils at the time, had been rescued, the spokesman said. </s> A Spanish military plane crashed into the sea off the country’s southeastern coast early on Monday and the pilot appeared to have ejected from the aircraft, the air force said.The C-101 jet, used for training, hit the water near La Manga at around 0738 GMT, an air force spokesman said. It was not yet clear if the pilot, a flying instructor who was not accompanied by any pupils at the time, had been rescued, the spokesman said.

We are undertaking a survey to help us improve our content for you. This will only take 1 minute of your time, please give us your feedback by clicking HERE. All responses will be confidential. </s> MADRID, Aug 26 (Reuters) - A Spanish military plane crashed into the sea off the country's southeastern coast early on Monday and the pilot appeared to have ejected from the aircraft, the air force said.

The C-101 jet, used for training, hit the water near La Manga at around 0738 GMT, an air force spokesman said.

It was not yet clear if the pilot, a flying instructor who was not accompanied by any pupils at the time, had been rescued, the spokesman said. (Reporting by Isla Binnie, editing by Andrei Khalip and Andrew Heavens) </s> A Spanish military jet has crashed into the sea off the southeastern coast, killing the pilot, the air force says.

A Spanish military jet has crashed into the sea off the southeastern coast, killing the pilot, the air force says.

The C-101 jet, used for training, came down near La Manga on Monday morning, an air force spokesman said.

The C-101 jet, used for training, came down near La Manga on Monday morning, an air force spokesman said.

He said the cause of the crash, the second air disaster in as many days in Spain, was not yet known. The pilot, who was alone in the cockpit, was a flying instructor. </s> MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish military jet crashed into the sea off the southeastern coast early on Monday, killing the pilot, the air force said.

The C-101 jet, used for training, came down near La Manga just after 0730 GMT, an air force spokesman said.

He said the cause of the crash, the second air disaster in as many days in Spain, was not yet known. The pilot, who was alone in the cockpit, was a flying instructor.

Three beaches in the area were closed to sunbathers after wreckage from the crash hit the sand, local authorities said.

On Sunday, seven people were killed in a collision between a helicopter and a light plane on the island of Mallorca. </s> The C-101 -- the same aircraft used by Spain's air force Eagle Patrol aerobatics team -- was on a "training flight" when it crashed near the resort of La Manga at 9.36am on Monday, a statement said.

At first reports suggested that the flight instructor on board the plane may have been "able to eject before the plane crashed in the sea" and rescue services were dispatched to search for him, the defence ministry said.

But emergency services in Murcia later confirmed that they had found the lifeless body of the pilot among the wreckage.

He was named as Francisco Marín Núñez.

A video filmed by a witness and posted on Twitter shows a small aircraft falling at a near vertical before trying to straighten up and hurtling into the water.

The plane came down near an air base outside the town of San Javier just off Galúa beach.

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A ministry statement says a body found in the water is believed to be the pilot’s, although final forensic confirmation is pending.

 

In an earlier statement, the ministry had said the pilot managed to eject before his single-seater light attack aircraft crashed.

 

The Spanish-built C-101 crashed around 9.40 a.m. (0740 GMT) Monday during a training flight.

 

The ministry gave no further details regarding the pilot or the accident.

 

Videos on Spanish National Television showed a plane nose-diving into the sea some distance from a beach in the Manga de Mar Menor tourist area.

 

Emergency services dispatched rescue vessels to search for the airman. </s> A Spanish military plane crashed on Monday off the southeastern coast and rescue services were searching for the pilot who ejected, the defence ministry said

Madrid, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Aug, 2019 ) :A Spanish military plane crashed on Monday off the southeastern coast and rescue services were searching for the pilot who ejected, the defence ministry said.

The C-101 -- the same aircraft used by Spain's air force Eagle Patrol aerobatics team -- was on a "training flight" when it crashed near the resort of La Manga, a statement said.

On board was a flight instructor who "was able to eject before the plane crashed in the sea".

A video filmed by a witness and posted on Twitter shows a small aircraft falling at a near vertical before trying to straighten up and hurtling into the water. </s> Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A Spanish fighter pilot ejected before his fighter jet crashed into the ocean off the southern coast of Spain on Monday but he didn't survive.

Commander Francisco Marin Nunez's body was found in the water near La Manga Souk. The C-101 training jet hit the water at high speed at about 9:38 a.m. Monday. Several onlookers took video of the crash.

The C-101 is a training aircraft used by the Eagle Patrol at the San Javier air academy. Nunez was an instructor for the aircraft and was the only occupant in the plane.

Three beaches were closed to the public as investigators searched for debris.

The crash comes just months after Spain approved a replacement for the aging C-101 fighter, which first entered service in 1980.
A Spanish C-101 military jet crashes into the sea near La Manga, killing its pilot.