Deaths in Spanish fighter-jet crash

Two Mirage fighter jets crash on routine training flight, killing three pilots.

Spain air force crash, Albacete region, central Spain
Roberto Carlos Alvarez Cubillas, left, and Fernando Negrete Uson died in the crash [EPA]

About half an hour later teams found the wreckage of the two jets, about three kilometres apart, as well as the bodies of the three pilots.

The three men have been named as Lieutenant Roberto Carlos Alvarez Cubillas, Captain Fernando Negrete Uson and Captain Jerónimo Jose Carbonell Rodriguez.


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