US EditionSpanish police recover bodies of father, son after plane crash
MALLORCA, SPAIN, AUG 2 – The pilot, a former American military combat aviator, and his 13-year-old son died when their two-seater sport plane crashed during aerobatic maneuvers, police said.
- A pilot and his 13-year-old son died after their plane crashed into the sea off Mallorca on August 2, at around 8:20 PM.
- The pilot, an American specializing in military and aerobatics flight, was flying a Team Rocket F-4 Raider when the crash occurred.
- Emergency teams, including Civil Guard diving specialists, recovered the bodies of the pilot and his son from the seabed.
- Witnesses reported seeing the plane flying low and performing aerobatics before crashing violently into the water.
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The flight initially seemed like a routine maneuver, but it ended in tragedy.
The Spanish rescue services recovered on Sunday the bodies of the two occupants of a two-seater light plane that had damaged at sea Saturday night off the island of Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands. ...
According to the police, the victims were the pilot and his son. According to media reports, a 60-year-old American who had a second home in Mallorca piloted the plane. His son is said to have been 13 years old. The plane started at around 6 p.m. on Saturday in Binissalem, inside the island (see map above). The pilot had piloted Port de Sóller on the west coast and flew tricks there. Whether one of these maneuvers led to the crash was unclear at…
PanoramaTragedy over Mallorca: A light plane crashes into the sea off the coast. A father and his 13-year-old son die. The cause of the disaster is so far unclear, investigations run.
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Two missing after Mallorca stunt plane crash
BARCELONA: Spanish emergency services on Sunday searched for two occupants of an acrobatic plane that went into the sea off the coast of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, the civil guard said. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
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