Military aircraft crashes at Portugal’s Montijo Airbase, 3 killed

July 11th, 2016

Awake Goy

The four-engine military transport aircraft caught fire during take-off on Monday, Portugal’s RTP broadcaster reported.

At least three Portuguese Air Force personnel have died, a source in the National Medical Emergency Institute told Lusa news agency, adding that the authorities are still reviewing the status of the other three crewmembers.

Observador newspaper reported there were seven people on board the cargo plane, all of them military. With three fatal victims, at least one more person was seriously injured, it said.

The incident happened around noon local time. Dozens of emergency teams have been mobilized following the crash. Portugal’s Defense Ministry has not yet commented on the incident.

Three transport squadrons and one helicopter search and rescue squadron are located at the Montijo Airbase. The crashed aircraft was part of one of the cargo squadrons, providing logistic support to the Portuguese Navy.

Source Article from https://www.rt.com/news/350650-portugal-hercules-montijo-crash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

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