Torrejón - Torrejón

On March 2, 1981 at 11:20 AM, Torrejón - Torrejón experienced a crash involving Canadair CL-215, operated by Spanish Air Force - Ejército del Aire, with the event recorded near Cañaveruelas Castile-La Mancha.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was completing a training mission out from Madrid-Torrejón AFB. After performing a scooping mission on Lake Embalse de Buendía, the twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near Cañaveruelas. All four crew members, three pilots and a mechanic, were killed. Crew: Lt Fernando Esteban Baturone, Lt Aurelio Gil Laso, Alf Eduardo Javier Moreno Jiménez, Sgt Santiago García García.

Aircraft reference details include registration UD.13-2, MSN 1013, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.4003°, -2.6369°.