A Eurofighter jet has crashed while attempting to land at an air base in southwestern Spain, killing its pilot.
"A Eurofighter crashed on landing at the start of the runway of the Moron base," near Sevilla, said a defence ministry spokesman on Monday.
The sole pilot of the plane, an air force captain, was killed, he said.
Moron air base is shared by Spain and the US Air Force but only Spain operates the Eurofighter.
The multi-purpose twin-engine fighter, introduced in 2003, is built by a consortium made up of British defence group BAE, European aerospace group Airbus and Italian defence contractor Finmeccanica.
It is designed as a highly agile multi-role aircraft, capable of ground-attack as well as its primary air defence role.
The Eurofighter consortium, Europe's largest defence program, is in fierce competition with other fighter-jet makers such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Dassault Aviation.
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