American military aircraft crashed over the Mediterranean Sea: What is known (map)

According to the US military, the disaster aircraft occurred during exercises in the Eastern Mediterranean and was not associated with hostile activity. On Friday, November 10, the US Air Force aircraft crashed in the eastern Mediterranean. This was reported by the press service of the European Command of the USA (UseCom). It is reported that the accident occurred during training operations in the Eastern Mediterranean. The reasons for the event are still finding out.

UseCom stated that additional data on the crew of the aircraft mentioned will not be disclosed from respect for their loved ones. The department also stressed that the departure of the aircraft was exclusively training and the accident was not related to hostile activity.

On Saturday, November 11, the EISNSPOTTER flight tracker reported on the social network X that a search and rescue operation was conducted near the shores of Cyprus to detect a "helicopter, which performed an emergency landing" about 30 nautical miles southeast of Larka. The publication states that several aircraft of the P-8 P-8 POSEIDON Navy have been observed during the patrolling of water south of Cyprus.

In addition, according to Eisnspotter, Ramstein Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, designed for air medical evacuation, arrived in the area of ​​Ramstein. We will remind, on September 23 it became known that at the Airport of the city of GAO in Mali crashed a transport aircraft IL-76, which probably belonged to the Belarusian cargo airline Rubystar Airways. Earlier, on September 16, a two-engine EMB-110 aircraft crashed in Brazil during bad weather.