Multiple Fatalities in NATO Fighter Jet Crash in Spain
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File photo. iStock/Thinkstock(ALBACETE, Spain) — A Greek fighter jet crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing multiple people at a NATO airbase in Spain.
According to a statement from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the crash “caused many casualties.” Stoltenberg went on to call the accident “a tragedy which affects the whole NATO family.”
The plane involved was taking part in an exercise related to NATO’s Tactical Leadership Program, which Stoltenberg says “aims to improve multinational cooperation in air operations.”
BBC News reports 10 people were killed in the crash after an F-16 lost power shortly after takeoff. Thirteen more were injured. The nationality of those killed or injured were not immediately made public.
A Pentagon spokesperson told ABC News that while there was a U.S. contingent participating in the exercise, no U.S personnel were killed in the crash. An unknown number of Americans were, however, treated for minor injuries.
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