A400M crash in Seville

(BRUXELLES2) An A400M just crashed this Saturday (May 9) in Seville (Spain) during a test flight. This is the "MSN23" model, " a device intended for the Turkish authorities said the Airbus company, which confirmed the accident, indicating that a team from the manufacturer was moving to the site of the accident.

6 people aboard

Four people were killed instantly and 2 others seriously injured (with second and third degree burns), according to a provisional report detailed by the Spanish press. The survivors managed to jump "out of the plane through one of the cockpit windows before the plane completely caught fire and exploded", said witnesses (read here). However, the results could have been worse. And in Spain we salute the coolness of the pilot of the A400M who thus crashed the plane in a field of potatoes, thus sparing the Coca Cola factory, housing and a Factory shopping center, very close (see ABC).

First accident for the military transport plane

Early indications were that the plane had taken off when he notified the control tower of trouble. He would have tried an emergency landing but struck during his descent, a high voltage line. This is the first accident for the European transport plane which had so far managed a faultless course in terms of safety (even if the delays have accumulated). But a blow for the European aircraft manufacturer whose A400M is being delivered.

(NGV)