A American military aircraft crashed after suffering an unspecified “accident” during training in the Eastern Mediterranean, as reported by the US Command in Europe (EUCOM) on Saturday, without providing details about the fate of its crew.
“On the night of November 10, a US military aircraft conducting training operations in the eastern Mediterranean suffered an accident and crashed,” it said in a statement that did not provide information on the fate of the person or people on board.
“We can state with certainty that the aircraft flight was intended solely for training and there is no indication of hostile activity,” the text adds, ensuring that “the cause of the training incident is currently under investigation.”
No details were provided about the type of aircraft or its destination. The United States has deployed an aircraft carrier and other warships to the Eastern Mediterranean, near the Middle East, with the aim of helping to prevent the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas from becoming a regional conflict.
Washington He quickly provided military support to Israel after the October 7 attack by Hamas in Israel, which Israeli officials said resulted in more than 1,200 deaths.