2023-11-11 22:36:00
U.S. European Command did not elaborate on the fate of its crew and said “the cause of the training incident is currently under investigation.”
A US military plane crashed following suffering an unspecified “accident” during training in the eastern Mediterranean, the US European Command (EUCOM) said on Saturday, without specifying the fate of its crew.
“On the evening of November 10, an American military aircraft conducting training operations in the Eastern Mediterranean suffered an accident and crashed,” he said in a statement which did not provide information on the fate of the person or persons on board.
An investigation into the cause of the incident
“We can state with certainty that the flight of the aircraft was purely for training and that there is no indication of hostile activity,” adds the text, which assures that “the cause of the incident was training is currently under investigation. No details were provided on the type of machine or its destination.
The United States has deployed an aircraft carrier and other warships to the eastern Mediterranean, near the Middle East, to help prevent the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas from escalating into a regional conflict.
Washington quickly provided military support to Israel following the October 7 attack by Hamas in Israel which, according to Israeli officials, left more than 1,200 dead. The Israeli army has since carried out an air, land and naval response on the Gaza Strip which, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health, has left more than 11,000 dead.
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