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| Spanish military jet crashes outside Madrid, killing pilot | Spanish military jet crashes outside Madrid, killing pilot |
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| A Spanish military fighter plane has crashed on the outskirts of Madrid, killing its pilot, the Spanish Defence Ministry said. | |
| A spokesman said the F-18 crashed at the Torrejon de Ardoz base during take-off. | |
| No one else was in the jet at the time. | No one else was in the jet at the time. |
| Images in Spanish media showed plumes of smoke rising from the base's runway. | Images in Spanish media showed plumes of smoke rising from the base's runway. |
| "As a result of the accident, which happened during takeoff manoeuvre, the plane's pilot has died," the ministry said on Twitter. | "As a result of the accident, which happened during takeoff manoeuvre, the plane's pilot has died," the ministry said on Twitter. |
| It said it had no details of the cause of the accident. | It said it had no details of the cause of the accident. |
| It was the second air force accident in less than a week. Last Thursday, a Eurofighter pilot died while maneuvering to land at a base in southeastern Spain after taking part in a military parade in Madrid. |