An Airbus A400M military plane crashed into a field a mile (1.6 km) north of San Pablo airport in Seville in southern Spain on Saturday while apparently on a test flight, officials said.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said between eight and 10 people were on board, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported. The prime minister’s office could not confirm the comments.
“The plane that crashed a mile north of Seville airport in a non-residential area was not a commercial craft,” said a spokesman for the regional emergency services.
Media images showed fire-fighters spraying smoking wreckage in a ploughed field.
The transport plane was not being flown by the Spanish military, the defence ministry said. According to El Pais, the A400M had not yet been delivered to the Spanish military and was undergoing trials.
The incident follows the crash of a Greek fighter plane during NATO training in Albacete, southeast Spain, in January, which claimed the lives of 11 people, including nine French nationals.
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