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ISSUE NO. 1782
29 Aug - 4 Sept 2019
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COSTA BLANCA SOUTH
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Aircraft sea plunge A JET training aircraft was filmed crashing into the sea off the coast of La Manga, Murcia, killing the pilot. According to police reports, the authorities received hundreds of calls from residents explaining that an aircraft had crashed just off the shoreline at around 9.30am on Monday morning. Initial reports suggested the pilot managed to eject before the aircraft hit the water, but once the rescue team reached the wreckage the pilot was found dead. A police statement confirmed the identity of the pilot being Commander Francisco Marín of the General Academy of Air of San Javier (Murcia). It was thought that he was undertaking a training flight when he got into unknown difficulties. The plane could be seen plummeting towards the ocean surface before attempting to pull up. A full investigation is now underway into the accident and as to why the aircraft, a Spanish built CASA C-101 Aviojet, ended up plummeting into the Mediterranean.
Storm alert in the Costa Blanca THE Costa Blanca is bracing itself for an onslaught of heavy rain and storms following a weather warning from AEMET, the State Meteorological Agency. The forecasts show that a ‘gota fria’ (cold drop) is forming and the storm looks to be worse than was originally thought, so much so that AEMET has already raised the alert from yellow (risk) to orange (significant risk) both rain and storms for the entire week. Warnings have also been issued to 299 towns across the region as they are at risk of heavy flooding based on similar warnings last year.
AEMET also warned that rainfall of up to 40 mm could fall in just one hour along the entire coast of the province of Alicante. AEMET has updated the warning on its website and also sent it to the municipalities in the area in order to activate the emergency protocols in the event of heavy rains.
CRASH: Commander Francisco Marín sadly passed away after his jet crashed on Monday morning.
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