US military says 5 service members killed in Friday Mediterranean plane crash

Five American service members have been killed when a military aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean during a training exercise, the US European Command (EUCOM) says.

“During a routine air refueling mission as part of military training, a US military aircraft carrying five service members suffered a mishap and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. All five of the service members onboard the aircraft were killed,” EUCOM says in a statement on the November 10 accident.

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