Spanish air force cargo plane crashes near Seville airport
Airbus A400M reportedly crashed shortly after takeoff but defence ministry unable to confirm any casualties

Damien Gayle and agencies
Saturday 9 May 2015 13.28 BST



A Spanish air force cargo plane has crashed near Seville airport, Spain’s defence ministry has said.

Thick black smoke could be seen rising from the rural scene of the crash, while pictures on Twitter showed firefighters putting out the flaming wreckage.

The plane, reportedly an Airbus A400M, came down shortly after taking off from Aeropuerto de Sevilla, where they are manufactured, according to the AIRheads FLY blog.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...eville-airport