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A Airbus A400M MSN23 has crashed near Seville Airport in southern Spain. The aircraft crashed shortly after taking off for a test flight. All the occupants of the aircraft are believed to have been killed in the crash.
The Airbus A400M Atlas is a four-engine military transport aircraft. It was designed by Airbus Military as a tactical airlifter to replace older transport aircraft like the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules.
#BREAKING Reports of a military #Airbus #A400M crashing into a outside of Seville Airport in southern Spain. pic.twitter.com/jzYaEjMo8E
— AircraftTalking (@AircraftTalking) May 9, 2015
UPDATE PHOTO #A400M crash site near Seville airport. pic.twitter.com/ePBwAUTQz7
— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) May 9, 2015
United Kingdom, Ministry of Defence spokeswoman
“We are aware of reports that there has been an A400M crash in Seville. As a precaution, the UK’s A400M aircraft are temporarily paused.”
BREAKING #A400M Seville airport is closed. All fire vehicles are on the crash site http://t.co/JagRbNuzQN pic.twitter.com/i0QFqP5bXV
— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) May 9, 2015
Se dice que en el airbus A400M viajaban 8 tripulantes. Se sigue con las labores de extinción de incendio… pic.twitter.com/gEqT2WzZqr
— Planes Spain (@PlanesSpain) May 9, 2015
A400m…a very sad day… pic.twitter.com/wzS8diM2bc
— Xavier Burgat (@BurgatXa) May 9, 2015
BREAKING: @AirbusDS #400M plane allegedly crashed in Sevilla, #Spain http://t.co/KjUs5OXzHO @airlivenet v @RodaLarga pic.twitter.com/YF4NM53mYc
— Christian Thiels (@ThielsChristian) May 9, 2015
UPDATE CRASH #A400M New pictures of the crash site at Seville http://t.co/JagRbNuzQN pic.twitter.com/FHzDItUOm4
— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) May 9, 2015
El Airbus A400M, avión de transporte más moderno del Ejército Aire,acaba de estrellarse en Sevilla con 5 tripulantes pic.twitter.com/JsRAoEgDoX
— Miguel Peña (@MiguelPRuiz) May 9, 2015
Playback + speed and altitude graph for flight #CASA423 http://t.co/Klmn43uHHZ pic.twitter.com/5GO40TE3v3
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) May 9, 2015
Update 1
Airbus has confirmed that the aircraft was carrying a total crew of six on board and that four of the crew members have been killed. Two other crew members are currently in hospital in a serious condition.
The aircraft was to be the third aircraft to be delivered to the Turkish air force. The formal delivery was scheduled for June 2015.
